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?