[Crash-utility] [PATCH] search: Introduce -T option

Dave Anderson anderson at redhat.com
Wed Oct 4 18:52:26 UTC 2017


Hi Aaron,

That's a pretty good idea, I like it.  

Couple minor things about the patch...

If -t cannot be used for XEN_HYPER_MODE(), then it shouldn't be allowed
for -T as well:

+               case 'T':
+                       Tflag++;
+                       break;
+
                case 't':
                        if (XEN_HYPER_MODE())
                                error(FATAL,


I'm not sure why it couldn't be used on a live dump:

+	if (Tflag && LIVE())
+		error(FATAL, 
+		    "-T option cannot be used on a live "
+		    "system or live dump\n");
+

I agree that it should be restricted for a live system, but it
seems safe to allow it for a live dump?  (i.e., use ACTIVE() instead)
With "bt", it does make sense to restrict it, because it's trying to
unwind/translate what's being actively written on the stack when the
dump was taken.  But just a simple search should be safe. 

And lastly, this minor nit -- this kind of seems like overkill:

+static void
+prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(struct searchinfo *si, struct task_context *tc)
+{
+	si->tasks_found = 0;
+	si->vaddr_start = GET_STACKBASE(tc->task); 
+	si->vaddr_end = GET_STACKTOP(tc->task);
+	si->task_context = tc;
+	si->do_task_header = TRUE;
+}

...

+		if (Tflag) {
+			for (c = 0; c < NR_CPUS; c++)
+				if ((tc = task_to_context(tt->panic_threads[c]))) {
+					prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(&searchinfo, tc);
+					search_virtual(&searchinfo);
+				}
+			break;
+		}
+
                if (tflag) {
-                       searchinfo.tasks_found = 0;
                        tc = FIRST_CONTEXT();
                        for (i = 0; i < RUNNING_TASKS(); i++, tc++) {
-                               searchinfo.vaddr_start = GET_STACKBASE(tc->task);
-                               searchinfo.vaddr_end = GET_STACKTOP(tc->task);
-                               searchinfo.task_context = tc;
-                               searchinfo.do_task_header = TRUE;
+                               prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(&searchinfo, tc);
                                search_virtual(&searchinfo);
                        }
                        break;

Why not something simple like this:

-               if (tflag) {
+               if (tflag || Tflag) {
                        searchinfo.tasks_found = 0;
                        tc = FIRST_CONTEXT();
                        for (i = 0; i < RUNNING_TASKS(); i++, tc++) {
+				if (Tflag && !is_task_active(tc->task))
+					continue;
                                searchinfo.vaddr_start = GET_STACKBASE(tc->task);
                                searchinfo.vaddr_end = GET_STACKTOP(tc->task);
                                searchinfo.task_context = tc;
                                searchinfo.do_task_header = TRUE;
                                search_virtual(&searchinfo);
                        }
                        break;
                }

It would also keep the searchinfo initializations contained within
the cmd_search() function like all of the other arguments.

Thanks,
  Dave



----- Original Message -----
> Like the -t option, except consider only the "active" task
> on each CPU and cannot be used on a live system or dump.
> The -t and -T options are mutually exclusive.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin at redhat.com>
> ---
>  help.c   |  4 +++-
>  memory.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index 2d80202..5b3e89c 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ NULL
>  char *help_search[] = {
>  "search",
>  "search memory",
> -"[-s start] [ -[kKV] | -u | -p | -t ] [-e end | -l length] [-m mask]\n"
> +"[-s start] [ -[kKV] | -u | -p | -t|-T ] [-e end | -l length] [-m mask]\n"
>  "         [-x count] -[cwh] [value | (expression) | symbol | string] ...",
>  "  This command searches for a given value within a range of user virtual,
>  kernel",
>  "  virtual, or physical memory space.  If no end nor length value is
>  entered, ",
> @@ -2893,6 +2893,8 @@ char *help_search[] = {
>  "          -t  Search only the kernel stack pages of every task.  If one or
>  more",
>  "              matches are found in a task's kernel stack, precede the
>  output",
>  "              with a task-identifying header.",
> +"          -T  Same as -t, except only the active task(s) are considered.",
> +"              This option cannot be used on a live system or dump.",
>  "      -e end  Stop the search at this hexadecimal user or kernel virtual",
>  "              address, kernel symbol, or physical address.  The end
>  address",
>  "              must be appropriate for the memory type specified.",
> diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
> index 8efe0b2..573b670 100644
> --- a/memory.c
> +++ b/memory.c
> @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static ulonglong search_ushort_p(ulong *, ulonglong, int,
> struct searchinfo *);
>  static ulonglong search_chars_p(ulong *, ulonglong, int, struct searchinfo
>  *);
>  static void search_virtual(struct searchinfo *);
>  static void search_physical(struct searchinfo *);
> +static void prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(struct searchinfo *, struct
> task_context *);
>  static int next_upage(struct task_context *, ulong, ulong *);
>  static int next_kpage(ulong, ulong *);
>  static int next_physpage(ulonglong, ulonglong *);
> @@ -13864,7 +13865,15 @@ generic_get_kvaddr_ranges(struct vaddr_range *rp)
>  	return cnt;
>  }
>  
> -
> +static void
> +prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(struct searchinfo *si, struct
> task_context *tc)
> +{
> +	si->tasks_found = 0;
> +	si->vaddr_start = GET_STACKBASE(tc->task);
> +	si->vaddr_end = GET_STACKTOP(tc->task);
> +	si->task_context = tc;
> +	si->do_task_header = TRUE;
> +}
>  /*
>   *  Search for a given value between a starting and ending address range,
>   *  applying an optional mask for "don't care" bits.  As an alternative
> @@ -13882,7 +13891,7 @@ cmd_search(void)
>  	ulong value, mask, len;
>  	ulong uvaddr_start, uvaddr_end;
>  	ulong kvaddr_start, kvaddr_end, range_end;
> -	int sflag, Kflag, Vflag, pflag, tflag;
> +	int sflag, Kflag, Vflag, pflag, Tflag, tflag;
>  	struct searchinfo searchinfo;
>  	struct syment *sp;
>  	struct node_table *nt;
> @@ -13896,7 +13905,7 @@ cmd_search(void)
>  
>  	context = max = 0;
>  	start = end = 0;
> -	value = mask = sflag = pflag = Kflag = Vflag = memtype = len = tflag = 0;
> +	value = mask = sflag = pflag = Kflag = Vflag = memtype = len = Tflag =
> tflag = 0;
>  	kvaddr_start = kvaddr_end = 0;
>  	uvaddr_start = UNINITIALIZED;
>  	uvaddr_end = COMMON_VADDR_SPACE() ? (ulong)(-1) : machdep->kvbase;
> @@ -13933,7 +13942,7 @@ cmd_search(void)
>  
>  	searchinfo.mode = SEARCH_ULONG;	/* default search */
>  
> -        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "tl:ukKVps:e:v:m:hwcx:")) != EOF) {
> +        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "Ttl:ukKVps:e:v:m:hwcx:")) != EOF)
> {
>                  switch(c)
>                  {
>  		case 'u':
> @@ -14038,6 +14047,10 @@ cmd_search(void)
>  			context = dtoi(optarg, FAULT_ON_ERROR, NULL);
>  			break;
>  
> +		case 'T':
> +			Tflag++;
> +			break;
> +
>  		case 't':
>  			if (XEN_HYPER_MODE())
>  				error(FATAL,
> @@ -14052,10 +14065,20 @@ cmd_search(void)
>                  }
>          }
>  
> -	if (tflag && (memtype || start || end || len))
> +	if ((tflag || Tflag) && (memtype || start || end || len))
> +		error(FATAL,
> +		    "-%s option cannot be used with other "
> +		    "memory-selection options\n",
> +		    tflag ? "t" : "T");
> +
> +	if (Tflag && LIVE())
> +		error(FATAL,
> +		    "-T option cannot be used on a live "
> +		    "system or live dump\n");
> +
> +	if (tflag && Tflag)
>  		error(FATAL,
> -		    "-t option cannot be used with other "
> -		    "memory-selection options\n");
> +		"-t and -T options are mutually exclusive\n");
>  
>  	if (XEN_HYPER_MODE()) {
>  		memtype = KVADDR;
> @@ -14328,14 +14351,19 @@ cmd_search(void)
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> +		if (Tflag) {
> +			for (c = 0; c < NR_CPUS; c++)
> +				if ((tc = task_to_context(tt->panic_threads[c]))) {
> +					prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(&searchinfo, tc);
> +					search_virtual(&searchinfo);
> +				}
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
>  		if (tflag) {
> -			searchinfo.tasks_found = 0;
>  			tc = FIRST_CONTEXT();
>  			for (i = 0; i < RUNNING_TASKS(); i++, tc++) {
> -				searchinfo.vaddr_start = GET_STACKBASE(tc->task);
> -				searchinfo.vaddr_end = GET_STACKTOP(tc->task);
> -				searchinfo.task_context = tc;
> -				searchinfo.do_task_header = TRUE;
> +				prepare_searchinfo_for_task_search(&searchinfo, tc);
>  				search_virtual(&searchinfo);
>  			}
>  			break;
> --
> 2.9.4
> 
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