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-NOTE: ksymoops is useless on 2.6. Please use the Oops in its original format
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-(from dmesg, etc). Ignore any references in this or other docs to "decoding
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-the Oops" or "running it through ksymoops". If you post an Oops from 2.6 that
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-has been run through ksymoops, people will just tell you to repost it.
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+OOPS tracing
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+============
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+
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+.. note::
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+ ``ksymoops`` is useless on 2.6 or upper. Please use the Oops in its original
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+ format (from ``dmesg``, etc). Ignore any references in this or other docs to
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+ "decoding the Oops" or "running it through ksymoops".
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+ If you post an Oops from 2.6+ that has been run through ``ksymoops``,
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+ people will just tell you to repost it.
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Quick Summary
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@@ -12,7 +18,7 @@ If you are unsure send it to the person responsible for the code relevant to
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what you were doing. If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate
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it. That's worth even more than the oops.
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-If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to
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+If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to
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linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. Thanks for your help in making Linux as
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stable as humanly possible.
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@@ -20,24 +26,25 @@ Where is the Oops?
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----------------------
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Normally the Oops text is read from the kernel buffers by klogd and
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-handed to syslogd which writes it to a syslog file, typically
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-/var/log/messages (depends on /etc/syslog.conf). Sometimes klogd dies,
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-in which case you can run dmesg > file to read the data from the kernel
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-buffers and save it. Or you can cat /proc/kmsg > file, however you
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-have to break in to stop the transfer, kmsg is a "never ending file".
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+handed to ``syslogd`` which writes it to a syslog file, typically
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+``/var/log/messages`` (depends on ``/etc/syslog.conf``). Sometimes ``klogd``
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+dies, in which case you can run ``dmesg > file`` to read the data from the
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+kernel buffers and save it. Or you can ``cat /proc/kmsg > file``, however you
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+have to break in to stop the transfer, ``kmsg`` is a "never ending file".
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If the machine has crashed so badly that you cannot enter commands or
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-the disk is not available then you have three options :-
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+the disk is not available then you have three options :
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(1) Hand copy the text from the screen and type it in after the machine
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has restarted. Messy but it is the only option if you have not
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planned for a crash. Alternatively, you can take a picture of
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the screen with a digital camera - not nice, but better than
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nothing. If the messages scroll off the top of the console, you
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- may find that booting with a higher resolution (eg, vga=791)
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- will allow you to read more of the text. (Caveat: This needs vesafb,
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+ may find that booting with a higher resolution (eg, ``vga=791``)
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+ will allow you to read more of the text. (Caveat: This needs ``vesafb``,
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so won't help for 'early' oopses)
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-(2) Boot with a serial console (see Documentation/serial-console.txt),
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+(2) Boot with a serial console (see
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+ :ref:`Documentation/serial-console.txt <serial_console>`),
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run a null modem to a second machine and capture the output there
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using your favourite communication program. Minicom works well.
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@@ -49,117 +56,126 @@ the disk is not available then you have three options :-
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Full Information
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-NOTE: the message from Linus below applies to 2.4 kernel. I have preserved it
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-for historical reasons, and because some of the information in it still
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-applies. Especially, please ignore any references to ksymoops.
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+.. note::
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+
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+ the message from Linus below applies to 2.4 kernel. I have preserved it
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+ for historical reasons, and because some of the information in it still
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+ applies. Especially, please ignore any references to ksymoops.
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-From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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+ ::
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-How to track down an Oops.. [originally a mail to linux-kernel]
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+ From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-The main trick is having 5 years of experience with those pesky oops
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-messages ;-)
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+ How to track down an Oops.. [originally a mail to linux-kernel]
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-Actually, there are things you can do that make this easier. I have two
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-separate approaches:
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+ The main trick is having 5 years of experience with those pesky oops
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+ messages ;-)
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+
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+Actually, there are things you can do that make this easier. I have two
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+separate approaches::
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gdb /usr/src/linux/vmlinux
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gdb> disassemble <offending_function>
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-That's the easy way to find the problem, at least if the bug-report is
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-well made (like this one was - run through ksymoops to get the
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-information of which function and the offset in the function that it
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+That's the easy way to find the problem, at least if the bug-report is
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+well made (like this one was - run through ``ksymoops`` to get the
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+information of which function and the offset in the function that it
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happened in).
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-Oh, it helps if the report happens on a kernel that is compiled with the
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+Oh, it helps if the report happens on a kernel that is compiled with the
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same compiler and similar setups.
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-The other thing to do is disassemble the "Code:" part of the bug report:
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+The other thing to do is disassemble the "Code:" part of the bug report:
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ksymoops will do this too with the correct tools, but if you don't have
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-the tools you can just do a silly program:
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+the tools you can just do a silly program::
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char str[] = "\xXX\xXX\xXX...";
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main(){}
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-and compile it with gcc -g and then do "disassemble str" (where the "XX"
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-stuff are the values reported by the Oops - you can just cut-and-paste
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-and do a replace of spaces to "\x" - that's what I do, as I'm too lazy
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+and compile it with ``gcc -g`` and then do ``disassemble str`` (where the ``XX``
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+stuff are the values reported by the Oops - you can just cut-and-paste
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+and do a replace of spaces to ``\x`` - that's what I do, as I'm too lazy
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to write a program to automate this all).
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-Alternatively, you can use the shell script in scripts/decodecode.
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-Its usage is: decodecode < oops.txt
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+Alternatively, you can use the shell script in ``scripts/decodecode``.
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+Its usage is::
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+
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+ decodecode < oops.txt
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The hex bytes that follow "Code:" may (in some architectures) have a series
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of bytes that precede the current instruction pointer as well as bytes at and
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following the current instruction pointer. In some cases, one instruction
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-byte or word is surrounded by <> or (), as in "<86>" or "(f00d)". These
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-<> or () markings indicate the current instruction pointer. Example from
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-i386, split into multiple lines for readability:
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+byte or word is surrounded by ``<>`` or ``()``, as in ``<86>`` or ``(f00d)``.
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+These ``<>`` or ``()`` markings indicate the current instruction pointer.
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+
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+Example from i386, split into multiple lines for readability::
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-Code: f9 0f 8d f9 00 00 00 8d 42 0c e8 dd 26 11 c7 a1 60 ea 2b f9 8b 50 08 a1
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-64 ea 2b f9 8d 34 82 8b 1e 85 db 74 6d 8b 15 60 ea 2b f9 <8b> 43 04 39 42 54
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-7e 04 40 89 42 54 8b 43 04 3b 05 00 f6 52 c0
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+ Code: f9 0f 8d f9 00 00 00 8d 42 0c e8 dd 26 11 c7 a1 60 ea 2b f9 8b 50 08 a1
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+ 64 ea 2b f9 8d 34 82 8b 1e 85 db 74 6d 8b 15 60 ea 2b f9 <8b> 43 04 39 42 54
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+ 7e 04 40 89 42 54 8b 43 04 3b 05 00 f6 52 c0
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-Finally, if you want to see where the code comes from, you can do
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+Finally, if you want to see where the code comes from, you can do::
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cd /usr/src/linux
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make fs/buffer.s # or whatever file the bug happened in
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-and then you get a better idea of what happens than with the gdb
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+and then you get a better idea of what happens than with the gdb
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disassembly.
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-Now, the trick is just then to combine all the data you have: the C
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-sources (and general knowledge of what it _should_ do), the assembly
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-listing and the code disassembly (and additionally the register dump you
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-also get from the "oops" message - that can be useful to see _what_ the
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-corrupted pointers were, and when you have the assembler listing you can
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-also match the other registers to whatever C expressions they were used
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+Now, the trick is just then to combine all the data you have: the C
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+sources (and general knowledge of what it **should** do), the assembly
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+listing and the code disassembly (and additionally the register dump you
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+also get from the "oops" message - that can be useful to see **what** the
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+corrupted pointers were, and when you have the assembler listing you can
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+also match the other registers to whatever C expressions they were used
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for).
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-Essentially, you just look at what doesn't match (in this case it was the
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-"Code" disassembly that didn't match with what the compiler generated).
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-Then you need to find out _why_ they don't match. Often it's simple - you
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-see that the code uses a NULL pointer and then you look at the code and
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-wonder how the NULL pointer got there, and if it's a valid thing to do
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+Essentially, you just look at what doesn't match (in this case it was the
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+"Code" disassembly that didn't match with what the compiler generated).
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+Then you need to find out **why** they don't match. Often it's simple - you
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+see that the code uses a NULL pointer and then you look at the code and
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+wonder how the NULL pointer got there, and if it's a valid thing to do
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you just check against it..
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-Now, if somebody gets the idea that this is time-consuming and requires
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-some small amount of concentration, you're right. Which is why I will
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-mostly just ignore any panic reports that don't have the symbol table
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-info etc looked up: it simply gets too hard to look it up (I have some
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-programs to search for specific patterns in the kernel code segment, and
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-sometimes I have been able to look up those kinds of panics too, but
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-that really requires pretty good knowledge of the kernel just to be able
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+Now, if somebody gets the idea that this is time-consuming and requires
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+some small amount of concentration, you're right. Which is why I will
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+mostly just ignore any panic reports that don't have the symbol table
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+info etc looked up: it simply gets too hard to look it up (I have some
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+programs to search for specific patterns in the kernel code segment, and
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+sometimes I have been able to look up those kinds of panics too, but
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+that really requires pretty good knowledge of the kernel just to be able
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to pick out the right sequences etc..)
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-_Sometimes_ it happens that I just see the disassembled code sequence
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-from the panic, and I know immediately where it's coming from. That's when
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+**Sometimes** it happens that I just see the disassembled code sequence
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+from the panic, and I know immediately where it's coming from. That's when
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I get worried that I've been doing this for too long ;-)
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Linus
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-Notes on Oops tracing with klogd:
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+Notes on Oops tracing with ``klogd``
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+------------------------------------
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In order to help Linus and the other kernel developers there has been
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-substantial support incorporated into klogd for processing protection
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+substantial support incorporated into ``klogd`` for processing protection
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faults. In order to have full support for address resolution at least
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-version 1.3-pl3 of the sysklogd package should be used.
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+version 1.3-pl3 of the ``sysklogd`` package should be used.
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-When a protection fault occurs the klogd daemon automatically
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+When a protection fault occurs the ``klogd`` daemon automatically
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translates important addresses in the kernel log messages to their
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symbolic equivalents. This translated kernel message is then
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-forwarded through whatever reporting mechanism klogd is using. The
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+forwarded through whatever reporting mechanism ``klogd`` is using. The
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protection fault message can be simply cut out of the message files
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and forwarded to the kernel developers.
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-Two types of address resolution are performed by klogd. The first is
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+Two types of address resolution are performed by ``klogd``. The first is
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static translation and the second is dynamic translation. Static
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translation uses the System.map file in much the same manner that
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-ksymoops does. In order to do static translation the klogd daemon
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+ksymoops does. In order to do static translation the ``klogd`` daemon
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must be able to find a system map file at daemon initialization time.
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-See the klogd man page for information on how klogd searches for map
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+See the klogd man page for information on how ``klogd`` searches for map
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files.
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Dynamic address translation is important when kernel loadable modules
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@@ -178,101 +194,106 @@ information available if the developer of the loadable module chose to
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export symbol information from the module.
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Since the kernel module environment can be dynamic there must be a
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-mechanism for notifying the klogd daemon when a change in module
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+mechanism for notifying the ``klogd`` daemon when a change in module
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environment occurs. There are command line options available which
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allow klogd to signal the currently executing daemon that symbol
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-information should be refreshed. See the klogd manual page for more
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+information should be refreshed. See the ``klogd`` manual page for more
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information.
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A patch is included with the sysklogd distribution which modifies the
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-modules-2.0.0 package to automatically signal klogd whenever a module
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+``modules-2.0.0`` package to automatically signal klogd whenever a module
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is loaded or unloaded. Applying this patch provides essentially
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seamless support for debugging protection faults which occur with
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kernel loadable modules.
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The following is an example of a protection fault in a loadable module
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-processed by klogd:
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f15e97cc
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 0062d000, %cr3 = 0062d000
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: *pde = 00000000
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Oops: 0002
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: CPU: 0
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: EIP: 0010:[oops:_oops+16/3868]
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: EFLAGS: 00010212
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: eax: 315e97cc ebx: 003a6f80 ecx: 001be77b edx: 00237c0c
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: bffffdb3 ebp: 00589f90 esp: 00589f8c
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Process oops_test (pid: 3374, process nr: 21, stackpage=00589000)
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Stack: 315e97cc 00589f98 0100b0b4 bffffed4 0012e38e 00240c64 003a6f80 00000001
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: 00000000 00237810 bfffff00 0010a7fa 00000003 00000001 00000000 bfffff00
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: bffffdb3 bffffed4 ffffffda 0000002b 0007002b 0000002b 0000002b 00000036
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Call Trace: [oops:_oops_ioctl+48/80] [_sys_ioctl+254/272] [_system_call+82/128]
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-Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Code: c7 00 05 00 00 00 eb 08 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 ec 5d c3
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+processed by ``klogd``::
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+
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f15e97cc
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 0062d000, %cr3 = 0062d000
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: *pde = 00000000
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Oops: 0002
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: CPU: 0
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: EIP: 0010:[oops:_oops+16/3868]
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: EFLAGS: 00010212
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: eax: 315e97cc ebx: 003a6f80 ecx: 001be77b edx: 00237c0c
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: bffffdb3 ebp: 00589f90 esp: 00589f8c
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Process oops_test (pid: 3374, process nr: 21, stackpage=00589000)
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Stack: 315e97cc 00589f98 0100b0b4 bffffed4 0012e38e 00240c64 003a6f80 00000001
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: 00000000 00237810 bfffff00 0010a7fa 00000003 00000001 00000000 bfffff00
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: bffffdb3 bffffed4 ffffffda 0000002b 0007002b 0000002b 0000002b 00000036
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Call Trace: [oops:_oops_ioctl+48/80] [_sys_ioctl+254/272] [_system_call+82/128]
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+ Aug 29 09:51:01 blizard kernel: Code: c7 00 05 00 00 00 eb 08 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 ec 5d c3
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-Dr. G.W. Wettstein Oncology Research Div. Computing Facility
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-Roger Maris Cancer Center INTERNET: greg@wind.rmcc.com
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-820 4th St. N.
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-Fargo, ND 58122
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-Phone: 701-234-7556
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+::
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+
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+ Dr. G.W. Wettstein Oncology Research Div. Computing Facility
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+ Roger Maris Cancer Center INTERNET: greg@wind.rmcc.com
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+ 820 4th St. N.
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+ Fargo, ND 58122
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+ Phone: 701-234-7556
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-Tainted kernels:
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-Some oops reports contain the string 'Tainted: ' after the program
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+Tainted kernels
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+---------------
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+
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+Some oops reports contain the string **'Tainted: '** after the program
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counter. This indicates that the kernel has been tainted by some
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mechanism. The string is followed by a series of position-sensitive
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characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
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- 1: 'G' if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, 'P' if
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+ 1) 'G' if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, 'P' if
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any proprietary module has been loaded. Modules without a
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MODULE_LICENSE or with a MODULE_LICENSE that is not recognised by
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insmod as GPL compatible are assumed to be proprietary.
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- 2: 'F' if any module was force loaded by "insmod -f", ' ' if all
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+ 2) ``F`` if any module was force loaded by ``insmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
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modules were loaded normally.
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- 3: 'S' if the oops occurred on an SMP kernel running on hardware that
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+ 3) ``S`` if the oops occurred on an SMP kernel running on hardware that
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hasn't been certified as safe to run multiprocessor.
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Currently this occurs only on various Athlons that are not
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SMP capable.
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- 4: 'R' if a module was force unloaded by "rmmod -f", ' ' if all
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+ 4) ``R`` if a module was force unloaded by ``rmmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
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modules were unloaded normally.
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- 5: 'M' if any processor has reported a Machine Check Exception,
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- ' ' if no Machine Check Exceptions have occurred.
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+ 5) ``M`` if any processor has reported a Machine Check Exception,
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+ ``' '`` if no Machine Check Exceptions have occurred.
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- 6: 'B' if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or
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+ 6) ``B`` if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or
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some unexpected page flags.
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- 7: 'U' if a user or user application specifically requested that the
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- Tainted flag be set, ' ' otherwise.
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+ 7) ``U`` if a user or user application specifically requested that the
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+ Tainted flag be set, ``' '`` otherwise.
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- 8: 'D' if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG.
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+ 8) ``D`` if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG.
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- 9: 'A' if the ACPI table has been overridden.
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+ 9) ``A`` if the ACPI table has been overridden.
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- 10: 'W' if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel.
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+ 10) ``W`` if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel.
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(Though some warnings may set more specific taint flags.)
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- 11: 'C' if a staging driver has been loaded.
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+ 11) ``C`` if a staging driver has been loaded.
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- 12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform
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+ 12) ``I`` if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform
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firmware (BIOS or similar).
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- 13: 'O' if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
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+ 13) ``O`` if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
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- 14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
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+ 14) ``E`` if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
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module signature.
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- 15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
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+ 15) ``L`` if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
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- 16: 'K' if the kernel has been live patched.
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+ 16) ``K`` if the kernel has been live patched.
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-The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
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+The primary reason for the **'Tainted: '** string is to tell kernel
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debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
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occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
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unloaded, the tainted value remains to indicate that the kernel is not
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