Re: [PATCH 1/3] reliable stack trace support

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 11:21:02 EST


>>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> 16.05.06 16:39 >>>
>> +config STACK_UNWIND
>> + bool "Stack unwind support"
>> + depends on UNWIND_INFO
>> + depends on n
>
>'depends on n' ? Also, i think this should be 'default y'. The code is

Subsequent patches then change it to X86_64 and then X86. This is just so the patch can be used standalone.

>very clean. Curious: how much testing has it seen?

The code, in slightly different shape, has been in use in NLKD (and its non-Linux ancestor) for several years. The only
new code is the hook-up for the stack trace display functions, where I tried to make sure I test all (known to me)
possibilities.

Jan
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