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Date:      Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:54:05 +0000
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com>
To:        Grzegorz Bernacki <gjb@semihalf.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kdump on ARM
Message-ID:  <FF73974A-6960-4F75-82E9-1DBAACCB8E0F@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B7BFAA4.4040607@semihalf.com>

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On 17 Feb 2010, at 14:18, Grzegorz Bernacki wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed that kdump on ARM doesn't work properly, it generates bus error. The problem is that structures dumped into ktrace.out are not aligned. Processing such a structure causes Aligment Fault. One solution is to copy structure into local variable and then process it, please see patch below. But I am not sure if this is the best solution and maybe someone has a better idea.
> 
> grzesiek
> 
> 
> diff --git a/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c b/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
> index 386221e..5a15886 100644
> --- a/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
> +++ b/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
> @@ -1325,6 +1325,10 @@ ktrstat(struct stat *statp)
> void
> ktrstruct(char *buf, size_t buflen)
> {
> +#if defined(__arm__)
> +       struct stat stat;
> +       struct sockaddr sockaddr;
> +#endif
>        char *name, *data;
>        size_t namelen, datalen;
>        int i;
> @@ -1348,12 +1352,22 @@ ktrstruct(char *buf, size_t buflen)
>        if (strcmp(name, "stat") == 0) {
>                if (datalen != sizeof(struct stat))
>                        goto invalid;
> +#if defined(__arm__)
> +               memcpy(&stat, data, sizeof(struct stat));
> +               ktrstat(&stat);
> +#else
>                ktrstat((struct stat *)data);
> +#endif
>        } else if (strcmp(name, "sockaddr") == 0) {
>                if (datalen < sizeof(struct sockaddr) ||
>                    datalen != ((struct sockaddr *)(data))->sa_len)
>                        goto invalid;
> +#if defined(__arm__)
> +               memcpy(&sockaddr, data, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
> +               ktrsockaddr(&sockaddr);
> +#else
>                ktrsockaddr((struct sockaddr *)data);
> +#endif
>        } else {
>                printf("unknown structure\n");
>        }

I wonder if this can't be made non arm conditional?

--
Rui Paulo



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