x86: Extend #DF debugging aid to 64-bit

It is sometimes very helpful to be able to pinpoint the location which
causes a double fault before it turns into a triple fault and the
machine reboots. We have this for 32-bit already so extend it to 64-bit.
On 64-bit we get the register snapshot at #DF time and not from the
first exception which actually causes the #DF. It should be close
enough, though.

[ hpa: and definitely better than nothing, which is what we have now. ]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368093749-31296-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Borislav Petkov
2013-05-09 12:02:29 +02:00
committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent f722406faa
commit 4d067d8e05
5 changed files with 20 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST
config DOUBLEFAULT
default y
bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
depends on X86_32
---help---
This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this