Re: [PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX]tracing/kprobes: Fix kprobe-tracer to supportstack trace

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon Jun 06 2011 - 07:53:52 EST


(2011/05/26 21:31), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 01:25 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>
>>> save_stack_trace_regs() function.
>>
>> i think only x86 implements that func ?
>
> Looks to be the case. I didn't think so because not all archs failed.
> Hmm, archs like sparc compiled. Perhaps my config prevented tracing
> enabled? I'll need to take a deeper look.

Hm, at a grans, save_stack_trace_tsk() has also limited
implementations, however, there is an weak symbol defined
in kernel/stacktrace.c.
I think we can add save_stack_trace_regs() same way.

BTW, parameters of save_stack_trace_tsk/regs are
a bit different. It would also be fixed.

Thanks,
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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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