linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86: don't show trace beyond show

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:54:14 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86: don't show trace beyond show_stack(NULL, NULL)

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:35:08PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Ok - but my other observation probably holds, that the bp == 0 special case in 
> dump_trace() should be changed to a [printk()-ed] warning or so? No user will pass 
> in bp == 0 legitimately, AFAICS.

Yeah, seems so.  I'll verify and add a warning message if both @bp and
@regs aren't specified in dump_trace().

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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