Linus pointed out that deciphering the raw #PF error code and printing
a more human readable message are two different things, and also that
printing the negative cases is mostly just noise[1]. For example, the
USER bit doesn't mean the fault originated in user code and stating
that an oops wasn't due to a protection keys violation isn't interesting
since an oops on a keys violation is a one-in-a-million scenario.
Remove the per-bit decoding of the error code and instead print:
- the raw error code
- why the fault occurred
- the effective privilege level of the access
- the type of access
- whether the fault originated in user code or kernel code
This provides the user with the information needed to triage 99.9% of
oopses without polluting the log with useless information or conflating
the error_code with the CPL.
Sample output:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address = 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor-privileged instruction fetch from kernel code
#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address = ffffbeef00000000
#PF: supervisor-privileged instruction fetch from kernel code
#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address = ffffc90000230000
#PF: supervisor-privileged write access from kernel code
#PF: error_code(0x000b) - reserved bit violation
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=whk_fsnxVMvF1T2fFCaP2WrvSybABrLQCWLJyCvHw6NKA@mail.gmail.com
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181221213657.27628-3-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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