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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
| commit | 9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-coregrafted
Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich:
- Fix kernfs listxattr() not returning security xattr names (e.g.
SELinux labels) when the kernfs node has no allocated kernfs_iattrs
- Fix silent truncation of IRQ vector indices in the Rust PCI
abstractions
- Don't select OF from DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST; skip the test when OF is
disabled instead of silently enabling extra kernel functionality
- Russ Weight is retiring from kernel development; update the Firmware
Loader sysfs contact to the driver-core mailing list, add a CREDITS
entry for Firmware Upload, and update MAINTAINERS accordingly
* tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core:
MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader
CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload
firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes
rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32
kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs
drivers: base: test: DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST should not select OF
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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/parisc/debugging.rst b/Documentation/arch/parisc/debugging.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..de1b60402 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arch/parisc/debugging.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +================= +PA-RISC Debugging +================= + +okay, here are some hints for debugging the lower-level parts of +linux/parisc. + + +1. Absolute addresses +===================== + +A lot of the assembly code currently runs in real mode, which means +absolute addresses are used instead of virtual addresses as in the +rest of the kernel. To translate an absolute address to a virtual +address you can lookup in System.map, add __PAGE_OFFSET (0x10000000 +currently). + + +2. HPMCs +======== + +When real-mode code tries to access non-existent memory, you'll get +an HPMC instead of a kernel oops. To debug an HPMC, try to find +the System Responder/Requestor addresses. The System Requestor +address should match (one of the) processor HPAs (high addresses in +the I/O range); the System Responder address is the address real-mode +code tried to access. + +Typical values for the System Responder address are addresses larger +than __PAGE_OFFSET (0x10000000) which mean a virtual address didn't +get translated to a physical address before real-mode code tried to +access it. + + +3. Q bit fun +============ + +Certain, very critical code has to clear the Q bit in the PSW. What +happens when the Q bit is cleared is the CPU does not update the +registers interruption handlers read to find out where the machine +was interrupted - so if you get an interruption between the instruction +that clears the Q bit and the RFI that sets it again you don't know +where exactly it happened. If you're lucky the IAOQ will point to the +instruction that cleared the Q bit, if you're not it points anywhere +at all. Usually Q bit problems will show themselves in unexplainable +system hangs or running off the end of physical memory. |
