linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 - x86_64-mm-lockdep-dont-force-framepointer.patch

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Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:23:27 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 - x86_64-mm-lockdep-dont-force-framepointer.patch

x86_64-mm-lockdep-dont-force-framepointer.patch does this:

> Don't force frame pointers for lockdep
>
> Now that stacktrace supports dwarf2 don't force frame pointers for lockdep anymore
>
> Cc: mingo@...e.hu
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
>
> ---
>  lib/Kconfig.debug |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux/lib/Kconfig.debug
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ linux/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ config LOCKDEP
>         bool
>         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
>         select STACKTRACE
> -       select FRAME_POINTER

This patch affects all architecture. I'd like to keep the "select FRAME_POINTER"
for s390, since we don't support dwarf2.
So this patch should be dropped.
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