Re: [PATCH] ftrace based hard lockup detector

[Frédéric Weisbecker]

2009/1/19 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Ah, OK, the check is in the function tracer. Hmm, my logdev code had an
> option to enable tracing at early bootup. Instead of using the normal
> memory alloction for the ring buffer, it needed to use alloc_bootmem. I
> wonder if it would be worth it to allow for a tracer to do the same if it
> needs to be allocated early on (before memory is initialized)?
>
> --Steve


Hi Steve,

Yeah I think that would be a good idea.


BTW, tote that for the moment, this hard lockup detector is basic, but
I could even make it relying
to the function graph tracer and then dump the whole stack of
functions called. I think that could
give a more precise backtrace.... (and more human readable).
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