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Linux kernel oops
Linux kernel oops on SPARC.
Linux kernel oops on PA-RISC with a dead ASCII cow.

An oops is a deviation from correct behavior of the Linux kernel which produces a certain error log. The better-known kernel panic condition results from many kinds of oops, but others may allow continued operation with compromised reliability. The term does not stand for anything, other than that it is a simple mistake.

When the kernel detects a problem, it prints an oops message and kills any offending process. The message is used by Linux kernel engineers to debug the condition which created the oops and fix the programming error which caused it.

The official Linux Kernel documentation regarding oops messages is in the file Documentation/oops-tracing.txt[1] of the kernel sources. Some logger configurations may affect the ability to collect oops messages.[2]

Once a system has experienced an oops, some internal resources may no longer be in service. Even if the system appears to work correctly, undesirable side effects may have resulted from the active task being killed. A kernel oops often leads on to a kernel panic once the system attempts to use resources which have been lost.

Kerneloops also referred to a software to collect and submit kernel oopses to the kerneloops website.[3] It provides statistics and public access to reported oopses.

For a person not familiar with technical details of computers and operating systems, an oops message might look confusing. Unlike operating systems such as Windows or OS X, Linux does not yet have the capability to show a user-friendly and simplified message signifying the crash of the kernel.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
  2. ^ http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/DevDocs/KernelOops
  3. ^ http://linux.die.net/man/8/kerneloops

Further reading

  • Linux Device Drivers, 3rd edition, Chapter 4.
  • John Bradford (2003-03-08). "Re: what's an OOPS". LKML (Mailing list). Retrieved 2006-05-22. {{cite mailing list}}: Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  • Szakacsits Szabolcs (2003-03-08). "Re: what's an OOPS". LKML (Mailing list). Retrieved 2006-05-22. {{cite mailing list}}: Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  • Al Viro (2008-01-14). "OOPS report analysis". LKML (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite mailing list}}: Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  • Kernel Oops Howto (the madwifi project) Useful information on configuration files and tools to help display oops messages. Also lots of other links.

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