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diff --git a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.rst b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.rst index d2595b548879..01d66251643d 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.rst +++ b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.rst @@ -112,6 +112,345 @@ Kernel Interfaces: Predefined views: ----------------- +extern struct debug_view debug_hex_ascii_view; + +extern struct debug_view debug_raw_view; + +extern struct debug_view debug_sprintf_view; + +Examples +-------- + +:: + + /* + * hex_ascii- + raw-view Example + */ + + #include <linux/init.h> + #include <asm/debug.h> + + static debug_info_t* debug_info; + + static int init(void) + { + /* register 4 debug areas with one page each and 4 byte data field */ + + debug_info = debug_register ("test", 1, 4, 4 ); + debug_register_view(debug_info,&debug_hex_ascii_view); + debug_register_view(debug_info,&debug_raw_view); + + debug_text_event(debug_info, 4 , "one "); + debug_int_exception(debug_info, 4, 4711); + debug_event(debug_info, 3, &debug_info, 4); + + return 0; + } + + static void cleanup(void) + { + debug_unregister (debug_info); + } + + module_init(init); + module_exit(cleanup); + +:: + + /* + * sprintf-view Example + */ + + #include <linux/init.h> + #include <asm/debug.h> + + static debug_info_t* debug_info; + + static int init(void) + { + /* register 4 debug areas with one page each and data field for */ + /* format string pointer + 2 varargs (= 3 * sizeof(long)) */ + + debug_info = debug_register ("test", 1, 4, sizeof(long) * 3); + debug_register_view(debug_info,&debug_sprintf_view); + + debug_sprintf_event(debug_info, 2 , "first event in %s:%i\n",__FILE__,__LINE__); + debug_sprintf_exception(debug_info, 1, "pointer to debug info: %p\n",&debug_info); + + return 0; + } + + static void cleanup(void) + { + debug_unregister (debug_info); + } + + module_init(init); + module_exit(cleanup); + +Debugfs Interface +----------------- +Views to the debug logs can be investigated through reading the corresponding +debugfs-files: + +Example:: + + > ls /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd + flush hex_ascii level pages raw + > cat /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/hex_ascii | sort -k2,2 -s + 00 00974733272:680099 2 - 02 0006ad7e 07 ea 4a 90 | .... + 00 00974733272:682210 2 - 02 0006ade6 46 52 45 45 | FREE + 00 00974733272:682213 2 - 02 0006adf6 07 ea 4a 90 | .... + 00 00974733272:682281 1 * 02 0006ab08 41 4c 4c 43 | EXCP + 01 00974733272:682284 2 - 02 0006ab16 45 43 4b 44 | ECKD + 01 00974733272:682287 2 - 02 0006ab28 00 00 00 04 | .... + 01 00974733272:682289 2 - 02 0006ab3e 00 00 00 20 | ... + 01 00974733272:682297 2 - 02 0006ad7e 07 ea 4a 90 | .... + 01 00974733272:684384 2 - 00 0006ade6 46 52 45 45 | FREE + 01 00974733272:684388 2 - 00 0006adf6 07 ea 4a 90 | .... + +See section about predefined views for explanation of the above output! + +Changing the debug level +------------------------ + +Example:: + + + > cat /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level + 3 + > echo "5" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level + > cat /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level + 5 + +Flushing debug areas +-------------------- +Debug areas can be flushed with piping the number of the desired +area (0...n) to the debugfs file "flush". When using "-" all debug areas +are flushed. + +Examples: + +1. Flush debug area 0:: + + > echo "0" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/flush + +2. Flush all debug areas:: + + > echo "-" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/flush + +Changing the size of debug areas +------------------------------------ +It is possible the change the size of debug areas through piping +the number of pages to the debugfs file "pages". The resize request will +also flush the debug areas. + +Example: + +Define 4 pages for the debug areas of debug feature "dasd":: + + > echo "4" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/pages + +Stooping the debug feature +-------------------------- +Example: + +1. Check if stopping is allowed:: + + > cat /proc/sys/s390dbf/debug_stoppable + +2. Stop debug feature:: + + > echo 0 > /proc/sys/s390dbf/debug_active + +lcrash Interface +---------------- +It is planned that the dump analysis tool lcrash gets an additional command +'s390dbf' to display all the debug logs. With this tool it will be possible +to investigate the debug logs on a live system and with a memory dump after +a system crash. + +Investigating raw memory +------------------------ +One last possibility to investigate the debug logs at a live +system and after a system crash is to look at the raw memory +under VM or at the Service Element. +It is possible to find the anker of the debug-logs through +the 'debug_area_first' symbol in the System map. Then one has +to follow the correct pointers of the data-structures defined +in debug.h and find the debug-areas in memory. +Normally modules which use the debug feature will also have +a global variable with the pointer to the debug-logs. Following +this pointer it will also be possible to find the debug logs in +memory. + +For this method it is recommended to use '16 * x + 4' byte (x = 0..n) +for the length of the data field in debug_register() in +order to see the debug entries well formatted. + + +Predefined Views +---------------- + +There are three predefined views: hex_ascii, raw and sprintf. +The hex_ascii view shows the data field in hex and ascii representation +(e.g. '45 43 4b 44 | ECKD'). +The raw view returns a bytestream as the debug areas are stored in memory. + +The sprintf view formats the debug entries in the same way as the sprintf +function would do. The sprintf event/exception functions write to the +debug entry a pointer to the format string (size = sizeof(long)) +and for each vararg a long value. So e.g. for a debug entry with a format +string plus two varargs one would need to allocate a (3 * sizeof(long)) +byte data area in the debug_register() function. + +IMPORTANT: + Using "%s" in sprintf event functions is dangerous. You can only + use "%s" in the sprintf event functions, if the memory for the passed string + is available as long as the debug feature exists. The reason behind this is + that due to performance considerations only a pointer to the string is stored + in the debug feature. If you log a string that is freed afterwards, you will + get an OOPS when inspecting the debug feature, because then the debug feature + will access the already freed memory. + +NOTE: + If using the sprintf view do NOT use other event/exception functions + than the sprintf-event and -exception functions. + +The format of the hex_ascii and sprintf view is as follows: + +- Number of area +- Timestamp (formatted as seconds and microseconds since 00:00:00 Coordinated + Universal Time (UTC), January 1, 1970) +- level of debug entry +- Exception flag (* = Exception) +- Cpu-Number of calling task +- Return Address to caller +- data field + +The format of the raw view is: + +- Header as described in debug.h +- datafield + +A typical line of the hex_ascii view will look like the following (first line +is only for explanation and will not be displayed when 'cating' the view): + +area time level exception cpu caller data (hex + ascii) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +00 00964419409:440690 1 - 00 88023fe + + +Defining views +-------------- + +Views are specified with the 'debug_view' structure. There are defined +callback functions which are used for reading and writing the debugfs files:: + + struct debug_view { + char name[DEBUG_MAX_PROCF_LEN]; + debug_prolog_proc_t* prolog_proc; + debug_header_proc_t* header_proc; + debug_format_proc_t* format_proc; + debug_input_proc_t* input_proc; + void* private_data; + }; + +where:: + + typedef int (debug_header_proc_t) (debug_info_t* id, + struct debug_view* view, + int area, + debug_entry_t* entry, + char* out_buf); + + typedef int (debug_format_proc_t) (debug_info_t* id, + struct debug_view* view, char* out_buf, + const char* in_buf); + typedef int (debug_prolog_proc_t) (debug_info_t* id, + struct debug_view* view, + char* out_buf); + typedef int (debug_input_proc_t) (debug_info_t* id, + struct debug_view* view, + struct file* file, const char* user_buf, + size_t in_buf_size, loff_t* offset); + + +The "private_data" member can be used as pointer to view specific data. +It is not used by the debug feature itself. + +The output when reading a debugfs file is structured like this:: + + "prolog_proc output" + + "header_proc output 1" "format_proc output 1" + "header_proc output 2" "format_proc output 2" + "header_proc output 3" "format_proc output 3" + ... + +When a view is read from the debugfs, the Debug Feature calls the +'prolog_proc' once for writing the prolog. +Then 'header_proc' and 'format_proc' are called for each +existing debug entry. + +The input_proc can be used to implement functionality when it is written to +the view (e.g. like with 'echo "0" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level). + +For header_proc there can be used the default function +debug_dflt_header_fn() which is defined in debug.h. +and which produces the same header output as the predefined views. +E.g:: + + 00 00964419409:440761 2 - 00 88023ec + +In order to see how to use the callback functions check the implementation +of the default views! + +Example:: + + #include <asm/debug.h> + + #define UNKNOWNSTR "data: %08x" + + const char* messages[] = + {"This error...........\n", + "That error...........\n", + "Problem..............\n", + "Something went wrong.\n", + "Everything ok........\n", + NULL + }; + + static int debug_test_format_fn( + debug_info_t * id, struct debug_view *view, + char *out_buf, const char *in_buf + ) + { + int i, rc = 0; + + if(id->buf_size >= 4) { + int msg_nr = *((int*)in_buf); + if(msg_nr < sizeof(messages)/sizeof(char*) - 1) + rc += sprintf(out_buf, "%s", messages[msg_nr]); + else + rc += sprintf(out_buf, UNKNOWNSTR, msg_nr); + } + out: + return rc; + } + + struct debug_view debug_test_view = { + "myview", /* name of view */ + NULL, /* no prolog */ + &debug_dflt_header_fn, /* default header for each entry */ + &debug_test_format_fn, /* our own format function */ + NULL, /* no input function */ + NULL /* no private data */ + }; + +test: +===== + :: debug_info_t *debug_info; |