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2006-12-15Remove stack unwinder for nowLinus Torvalds1-1305/+0
It has caused more problems than it ever really solved, and is apparently not getting cleaned up and fixed. We can put it back when it's stable and isn't likely to make warning or bug events worse. In the meantime, enable frame pointers for more readable stack traces. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] unwinder: move .eh_frame to RODATAJan Beulich1-1/+1
The .eh_frame section contents is never written to, so it can as well benefit from CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. Diff-ed against firstfloor tree. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-12-07[PATCH] unwinder: fully support linker generated .eh_frame_hdr sectionJan Beulich1-19/+47
Now that binutils' ld is able to properly populate .eh_frame_hdr in the Linux kernel case, here's a patch to add some functionality to the Dwarf2 unwinder to actually be able to make use of this (applies on firstfloor tree with the previously sent patch to add debug output, but not on plain 2.6.19). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-12-07[PATCH] unwinder: Add debugging output to the Dwarf2 unwinderJan Beulich1-17/+96
Add debugging printks to the unwinder to allow easier debugging when something goes wrong with it. This can be controlled with the new unwinder_debug=N option Most output is given by N=1 AK: Added documentation of unwinder_debug= Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-12-07[PATCH] unwinder: more sanity checks in Dwarf2 unwinderJan Beulich1-1/+15
Tighten the requirements on both input to and output from the Dwarf2 unwinder. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-12-07[PATCH] unwinder: Use probe_kernel_address instead of __get_user in ↵Andi Kleen1-6/+8
kernel/unwind.c This avoids trouble with the page fault handler if the fault happens inside an interrupt context. Suggested by Linus Cc: jbeulich@novell.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-11-28[PATCH] x86-64: work around gcc4 issue with -Os in Dwarf2 stack unwindJan Beulich1-4/+5
This fixes a problem with gcc4 mis-compiling the stack unwind code under -Os, which resulted in 'stuck' messages whenever an assembly routine was encountered. (The second hunk is trivial cleanup.) Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
2006-10-21[PATCH] x86-64: Speed up dwarf2 unwinderJan Beulich1-39/+279
This changes the dwarf2 unwinder to do a binary search for CIEs instead of a linear work. The linker is unfortunately not able to build a proper lookup table at link time, instead it creates one at runtime as soon as the bootmem allocator is usable (so you'll continue using the linear lookup for the first [hopefully] few calls). The code should be ready to utilize a build-time created table once a fixed linker becomes available. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-29[PATCH] unwind: fix unused variable warning when !CONFIG_MODULESChuck Ebbert1-1/+3
Fix "variable defined but not used" compiler warning in unwind.c when CONFIG_MODULES is not set. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-26[PATCH] i386/x86-64: Work around gcc bug with noreturn functions in unwinderJan Beulich1-7/+28
Current gcc generates calls not jumps to noreturn functions. When that happens the return address can point to the next function, which confuses the unwinder. This patch works around it by marking asynchronous exception frames in contrast normal call frames in the unwind information. Then teach the unwinder to decode this. For normal call frames the unwinder now subtracts one from the address which avoids this problem. The standard libgcc unwinder uses the same trick. It doesn't include adjustment of the printed address (i.e. for the original example, it'd still be kernel_math_error+0 that gets displayed, but the unwinder wouldn't get confused anymore. This only works with binutils 2.6.17+ and some versions of H.J.Lu's 2.6.16 unfortunately because earlier binutils don't support .cfi_signal_frame [AK: added automatic detection of the new binutils and wrote description] Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-06-26[PATCH] x86_64: allow unwinder to build without module supportJan Beulich1-0/+4
Add proper conditionals to be able to build with CONFIG_MODULES=n. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] i386/x86-64: fall back to old-style call trace if no unwindingJan Beulich1-4/+3
If no unwinding is possible at all for a certain exception instance, fall back to the old style call trace instead of not showing any trace at all. Also, allow setting the stack trace mode at the command line. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] x86_64: reliable stack trace supportJan Beulich1-0/+915
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. Thanks to Andi Kleen and Ingo Molnar, who pointed out several possibilities for improvement. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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