From: Randy Dunlap Print summary registers (EIP and SS:ESP only) as last death info. Similar to what x86_64 does. Suggested by Andi Kleen. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- arch/i386/kernel/traps.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2616-rc5-die.orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c +++ linux-2616-rc5-die/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c @@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg if (++die.lock_owner_depth < 3) { int nl = 0; + unsigned long esp; + unsigned short ss; + handle_BUG(regs); printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: %04lx [#%d]\n", str, err & 0xffff, ++die_counter); #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT @@ -365,8 +368,17 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg #endif if (nl) printk("\n"); - notify_die(DIE_OOPS, (char *)str, regs, err, 255, SIGSEGV); + notify_die(DIE_OOPS, (char *)str, regs, err, 255, SIGSEGV); show_registers(regs); + /* Executive summary in case the oops scrolled away */ + esp = (unsigned long) (®s->esp); + if (user_mode(regs)) { + esp = regs->esp; + ss = regs->xss & 0xffff; + } + printk(KERN_ALERT "EIP: "); + printk_address(regs->eip); + printk(" SS:ESP %04x:%08lx\n", esp); } else printk(KERN_EMERG "Recursive die() failure, output suppressed\n");