Re: [patch] i386: show_registers(): try harder to print failing code

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On 18/07/06, Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> wrote:
show_registers() tries to dump failing code starting 43 bytes
before the offending instruction, but this address can be bad,
for example in a device driver where the failing instruction is
less than 43 bytes from the start of the driver's code.  When that
happens, try to dump code starting at the failing instruction
instead of printing no code at all.

Shouldn't the kernel be printing some info noting that this fallback
is in use then? Or will that be completely obvious and I'm just not
able to see that?

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