* Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> x86 32 bit already has this feature: This patch uses the stack frames
> with frame pointer into an exact stack trace, by following the frame
> pointer. This only affects kernels built with the CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
> config option enabled, and greatly reduces the amount of noise in
> oopses.
nice! Applied.
> The code tries to use the frame pointers to do a backtrace, but if it
> smells iffy or invalid, falls back to the traditional way of printing
> backtraces, to make sure that at least some useful backtrace is
> created.
>
> Due to the fragility and importance of the backtrace code, this needs
> to be well reviewed and well tested before merging into mainlne.
yeah, agreed. But i think this is still fundamentally more robust than
the unwind info based backtracer. Cool stuff!
Ingo
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