Re: modules still have .debug_* (was Re: [PATCH 0/3] ARC unwinder switch to .eh_frame)

[Daniel Mentz]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Vineet Gupta
<Vineet.Gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> On 09/19/2016 06:21 PM, Daniel Mentz wrote:
>> I confirmed that the .eh_frame section is present and that the
>> .debug_frame section is absent. I also verified that the file size of
>> the .ko files are small enough for our embedded platform and that
>> unnecessary sections like .debug_info, .debug_line, .debug_str etc.
>> are also absent.
>
> BTW it seems with my latest set of patches, modules still have .debug_*.
> Can you double check if your tree still has the interim patch which added a linker
> script for modules to strip out .debug_*
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-snps-arc/2016-September/001483.html

Hi Vineet,

Sorry, that was a misunderstanding. Buildroot routinely runs the strip
command on .ko files before installing them on the target. I was only
looking at the .ko files *after* running the strip command. No, the
interim patch was not in my tree.

I confirmed that your commit "ARC: dw2 unwind: don't force dwarf 2" is
indeed necessary to suppress the .debug_* sections when
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is off. But again, we're stripping .ko files anyways
before installing.

> I'm not planning to carry it and would prefer addressing the the root cause by
> removing the -gdwarf-2 toggle. I've added that and pushed rebased series. Care to
> take it for a respin please.

I downloaded your latest commit
e47305af57d7eedc10b4720e604d669b10c69e3b and verified that stack
traces are properly displayed for code inside kernel modules as well
as vmlinux. I also called memcpy() on some bad address and got a
proper stack trace that involved memcpy().

I conclude that unwinding works for us.

Thank You
 Daniel