backtrace not working on mainline x86_64
Frank Ch. Eigler
fche@redhat.com
Wed Apr 12 16:39:00 GMT 2006
hien wrote:
> [...] The permanent fix for this would be implement the
> dump_stack_to_buffer() function and push it to the main line [...]
Let me raise the perfunctory caution against relying on heavyweight
routines in the kernel for tasks also performable by the runtime.
("heavyweight" here means using resources like locks in such a way
that makes them unsafe for calling from inconvenient probe contexts.)
- FChE
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