Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_UNWIND_INFO

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 03:47:09PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Andi Kleen writes:
> 
> > The module loader should be discarding these sections on most architectures
> > because there is nothing that needs them and it's just a waste of memory
> > to store them.
> 
> Apparently the module loader loads all sections marked SHF_ALLOC,
> reasonably enough.
> 
> Why would we want the unwind tables in the .ko but not in kernel
> memory?  Isn't the point of this so that we can add an in-kernel
> unwinder?

For most people so far it was for kgdb where they would be needed
on disk only.

-Andi
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