Re: [patch 2/2] Use the stack frames to get exact stack-traces forCONFIG_FRAMEPOINTER on x86-64

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:01:48 +0100
Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> > The code tries to use the frame pointers to do a backtrace, but if
> > it smells iffy or invalid, falls back to the traditional way of
> > printing backtraces, to make sure that at least some useful
> > backtrace is created.
> 
> That will likely happen in most non trivial cases
> (interrupts/exceptions etc.)

interrupts at least work just fine... I tested that already



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