Re: [RFC] improve_stack: make stack dump output useful again

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 03:03:41PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > You need to look at the *symbol* number. In this output:
 > 
 >      [<ffffffff810020c2>] do_one_initcall+0xc2/0x1e0
 > 
 > that "ffffffff810020c2" is crap, and is going away. The address that
 > is meaningful and valid is the "do_one_initcall+0xc2" part.
 > 
 > *That* is the part you'd use to parse in user space.
 > 
 > Try it today with the CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE option to see. Using the
 > hex number doesn't *work*.

That reminds me, perf top is still busted when this option is enabled.

	Dave
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