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

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 11:05:38 EST


* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These are the generic bits needed to enable reliable stack traces
> based on Dwarf2-like (.eh_frame) unwind information. Subsequent
> patches will enable x86-64 and i386 to make use of this.

some more detailed review:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_UNWIND
> +#include <asm/unwind.h>
> +#else
> +#include <asm-generic/unwind.h>
> +#endif

this wants to become include/linux/unwind.h?

> +#ifdef MODULE_UNWIND_INFO
> +#include <asm/unwind.h>
> +#endif

this too could then include <linux/unwind.h>

> +DEFINE_SPINLOCK(table_lock);

static?

> +static struct unwind_table *
> +find_table(unsigned long pc)
> +{
> + int old_removals;
> + struct unwind_table *table = NULL;
> +
> + do {
> + if (table)
> + atomic_dec(&table->users);
> + old_removals = atomic_read(&removals);

racy? wants to become rcu?

> + spin_lock(&table_lock);

spin_lock_irq?

> + if (init_only && table == last_table) {
> + table->init.pc = 0;
> + table->init.range = 0;
> + return;
> + }

SMP and PREEMPT unsafe.

> + spin_lock(&table_lock);

spin_lock_irq().

> + if (table) {
> + while (atomic_read(&table->users) || atomic_read(&lookups))
> + msleep(1);
> + kfree(table);
> + }

ugh!

> +//todo case DW_CFA_def_cfa_expression:
> +//todo case DW_CFA_expression:
> +//todo case DW_CFA_val_expression:

hm?

> +{
> + info->task = current;
> + arch_unwind_init_running(info, callback, arg);
> + return 0;

newline before the return. (this happens in a couple of other places
too)

Ingo
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