On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) <k-hagio-ab@nec.com> wrote:
On 2025/09/17 23:15, Lianbo Jiang wrote:
> Currently, the log command will display human readable Rust
> symbol name by default if any, but, sometimes still want to
> print the original messages from the log buffer(do not demangle).
>
> In addition, if the log buffer has lines like "_R ... +" which
> are not Rust symbols unexpectedly, probably the output will be
> missed, that is unexpected.
>
> To fix above cases, add "log -R" to display human readable Rust
> symbol name, otherwise still print the original messages.
>
> With the patch:
>    crash> log -R
>    ...
>    [ 2174.289360] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
>    [ 2174.297322] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600CWR/S2600CWR, BIOS SE5C610.86B.01.01.0018.072020161249 07/20/2016
>    [ 2174.308966] Call Trace:
>    [ 2174.311693]  <TASK>
>    [ 2174.314033]  dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
>    [ 2174.318125]  panic+0x156/0x32a
>    [ 2174.321539]  rust_panic::area_in_hp+0xf7/0x120 [rust_panic]
>    [ 2174.329700]  ? console_unlock+0x9c/0x140
>    [ 2174.334080]  ? irq_work_queue+0x2d/0x50
>    [ 2174.338352]  ? __pfx_init_module+0x10/0x10 [rust_panic]
>    [ 2174.344183]  <rust_panic::HelloPanic>::step_two+0x20/0xe0 [rust_panic]
>    [ 2174.353698]  ? _printk+0x6b/0x90
>    [ 2174.357303]  init_module+0x57/0xff0 [rust_panic]
>    [ 2174.362456]  ? __pfx_init_module+0x10/0x10 [rust_panic]
>    ...
>
> Suggested-by: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@nec.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@redhat.com>

Thank you for the patch, Lianbo.  It looks good to me and cleans my worries.

 
Np. This looks better to me.

Lianbo
 
Thanks,
Kazu

> ---
>   defs.h   |  1 +
>   help.c   | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   kernel.c |  5 ++++-
>   printk.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>   4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
> index 156ac0232906..997145cba9d2 100644
> --- a/defs.h
> +++ b/defs.h
> @@ -6227,6 +6227,7 @@ void parse_kernel_version(char *);
>   #define SHOW_LOG_CTIME   (0x10)
>   #define SHOW_LOG_SAFE    (0x20)
>   #define SHOW_LOG_CALLER  (0x40)
> +#define SHOW_LOG_RUST    (0x80)
>   void set_cpu(int);
>   void clear_machdep_cache(void);
>   struct stack_hook *gather_text_list(struct bt_info *);
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index 4f071e0bd0a0..78d7a5c70e30 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -4026,7 +4026,7 @@ NULL
>   char *help_log[] = {
>   "log",
>   "dump system message buffer",
> -"[-Ttdmasc]",
> +"[-TtdmascR]",
>   "  This command dumps the kernel log_buf contents in chronological order.  The",
>   "  command supports the older log_buf formats, which may or may not contain a",
>   "  timestamp inserted prior to each message, as well as the newer variable-length",
> @@ -4053,6 +4053,8 @@ char *help_log[] = {
>   "        the CPU id (if in CPU context) that called printk(), if available.",
>   "        Generally available on Linux 5.1 to 5.9 kernels configured with",
>   "        CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER or Linux 5.10 and later kernels.",
> +"    -R  Display the message text with human readable Rust symbol name if any,",
> +"        otherwise still print the original message text.",
>   " ",
>   "\nEXAMPLES",
>   "  Dump the kernel message buffer:\n",
> @@ -4231,6 +4233,26 @@ char *help_log[] = {
>   "    [    0.014179] [    T29] RAMDISK: [mem 0x3cf4f000-0x437bbfff]",
>   "    [    0.198789] [     C0] DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3",
>   "    ...",
> +" ",
> +"  Display the message text with human readable Rust symbol name if any,",
> +"  otherwise still print the original message text.\n",
> +"    %s> log -R",
> +"    ...",
> +"    [ 2174.289360] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE",
> +"    [ 2174.297322] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600CWR/S2600CWR, BIOS SE5C610.86B.01.01.0018.072020161249 07/20/2016",
> +"    [ 2174.308966] Call Trace:",
> +"    [ 2174.311693]  <TASK>",
> +"    [ 2174.314033]  dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80",
> +"    [ 2174.318125]  panic+0x156/0x32a",
> +"    [ 2174.321539]  rust_panic::area_in_hp+0xf7/0x120 [rust_panic]",
> +"    [ 2174.329700]  ? console_unlock+0x9c/0x140",
> +"    [ 2174.334080]  ? irq_work_queue+0x2d/0x50",
> +"    [ 2174.338352]  ? __pfx_init_module+0x10/0x10 [rust_panic]",
> +"    [ 2174.344183]  <rust_panic::HelloPanic>::step_two+0x20/0xe0 [rust_panic]",
> +"    [ 2174.353698]  ? _printk+0x6b/0x90",
> +"    [ 2174.357303]  init_module+0x57/0xff0 [rust_panic]",
> +"    [ 2174.362456]  ? __pfx_init_module+0x10/0x10 [rust_panic]",
> +"    ...",
>   
>   NULL
>   };
> diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
> index e4213d7a663e..e077275d7ed6 100644
> --- a/kernel.c
> +++ b/kernel.c
> @@ -5136,7 +5136,7 @@ cmd_log(void)
>   
>       msg_flags = 0;
>   
> -        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "Ttdmasc")) != EOF) {
> +        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "TtdmascR")) != EOF) {
>                   switch(c)
>                   {
>               case 'T':
> @@ -5160,6 +5160,9 @@ cmd_log(void)
>               case 'c':
>                       msg_flags |= SHOW_LOG_CALLER;
>                       break;
> +             case 'R':
> +                     msg_flags |= SHOW_LOG_RUST;
> +                     break;
>                   default:
>                           argerrs++;
>                           break;
> diff --git a/printk.c b/printk.c
> index 51b618e2a434..b8fcc8e58160 100644
> --- a/printk.c
> +++ b/printk.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ dump_record(struct prb_map *m, unsigned long id, int msg_flags)
>   
>       text = m->text_data + begin;
>   
> -     if (text_len > BUFSIZE) {
> +     if ((msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_RUST) && (text_len > BUFSIZE)) {
>               error(WARNING, "\nThe messages could be truncated!\n");
>               text_len = BUFSIZE;
>       }
> @@ -210,36 +210,41 @@ dump_record(struct prb_map *m, unsigned long id, int msg_flags)
>       for (i = 0, p = text; i < text_len; i++, p++) {
>               if (*p == '\n')
>                       fprintf(fp, "\n%s", space(ilen));
> -             else if (isprint(*p) || isspace(*p))
> +             else if ((msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_RUST) && (isprint(*p) || isspace(*p)))
>                       sprintf(&buf[i], "%c", *p);
> +             else if (isprint(*p) || isspace(*p))
> +                     fputc(*p, fp);
>               else
>                       fputc('.', fp);
>       }
>       /*
>        * Try to demangle a mangled Rust symbol(calltrace) from log buffer
>        */
> -     char *p1 = strstr(buf, "_R");
> -     if (!p1)
> -             p1 = strstr(buf, "_ZN");
> -     char *p2 = strrchr(buf, '+');
> -     if (p1 && p2) {
> -             char mangled[BUFSIZE] = {0};
> -             char demangled[BUFSIZE] = {0};
> -             char *res;
> -             size_t slen = p1 - buf;
> -
> -             if (slen)
> -                     memcpy(demangled, buf, slen);
> -
> -             memcpy(mangled, p1, p2-p1);
> -             res = rust_demangle(mangled, DMGL_RUST);
> -             if (res) {
> -                     snprintf(demangled+slen, BUFSIZE-slen, "%s%s", res, p2);
> -                     fprintf(fp, "%s",demangled);
> -                     free(res);
> -             }
> -     } else
> -             fprintf(fp, "%s", buf);
> +     if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_RUST) {
> +             char *p1 = strstr(buf, "_R");
> +             if (!p1)
> +                     p1 = strstr(buf, "_ZN");
> +             char *p2 = strrchr(buf, '+');
> +             if (p1 && p2) {
> +                     char mangled[BUFSIZE] = {0};
> +                     char demangled[BUFSIZE] = {0};
> +                     char *res;
> +                     size_t slen = p1 - buf;
> +
> +                     if (slen)
> +                             memcpy(demangled, buf, slen);
> +
> +                     memcpy(mangled, p1, p2-p1);
> +                     res = rust_demangle(mangled, DMGL_RUST);
> +                     if (res) {
> +                             snprintf(demangled+slen, BUFSIZE-slen, "%s%s", res, p2);
> +                             fprintf(fp, "%s",demangled);
> +                             free(res);
> +                     } else
> +                             fprintf(fp, "%s", buf);
> +             } else
> +                     fprintf(fp, "%s", buf);
> +     }
>   
>       if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_DICT) {
>               text = info + OFFSET(printk_info_dev_info) +