Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/dumpstack: make printk_stack_address() more generally useful

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Aug 24 2016 - 13:28:47 EST


On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 11:50 -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Change printk_stack_address() to be useful when called by an unwinder
> outside the context of dump_trace().
>
> Specifically:
>
> - printk_stack_address()'s 'data' argument is always used as the log
>   level string.  Make that explicit.

If this is true, and I'm not sure it is as I believe
there are static strings emitted like EOE and IRQ,
shouldn't this bubble up through the calling tree?

> - Call touch_nmi_watchdog().
[]
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
[]
> @@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ int kstack_depth_to_print = 3 * STACKSLOTS_PER_LINE;
>  static int die_counter;
>  
>  static void printk_stack_address(unsigned long address, int reliable,
> - void *data)
> +  char *log_lvl)
>  {
> + touch_nmi_watchdog();
>   printk("%s [<%p>] %s%pB\n",
> - (char *)data, (void *)address, reliable ? "" : "? ",
> + log_lvl, (void *)address, reliable ? "" : "? ",
>   (void *)address);
>  }
>  
> @@ -148,7 +149,6 @@ static int print_trace_stack(void *data, char *name)
>   */
>  static int print_trace_address(void *data, unsigned long addr, int reliable)
>  {
> - touch_nmi_watchdog();
>   printk_stack_address(addr, reliable, data);
>   return 0;
>  }

like for data here?