linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] dump_stack: unify debug information printed by show

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Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:37:18 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] dump_stack: unify debug information printed by show_regs()

On 4/3/2013 3:14 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> show_regs() is inherently arch-dependent but it does make sense to
> print generic debug information and some archs already do albeit in
> slightly different forms.  This patch introduces a generic function to
> print debug information from show_regs() so that different archs print
> out the same information and it's much easier to modify what's
> printed.
>
> show_regs_print_info() prints out the same debug info as dump_stack()
> does plus task and thread_info pointers.
>
> * Archs which didn't print debug info now do.
>
>   alpha, arc, blackfin, c6x, cris, frv, h8300, hexagon, ia64, m32r,
>   metag, microblaze, mn10300, openrisc, parisc, score, sh64, sparc,
>   um, xtensa
>
> * Already prints debug info.  Replaced with show_regs_print_info().
>   The printed information is superset of what used to be there.
>
>   arm, arm64, avr32, mips, powerpc, sh32, tile, unicore32, x86

Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com> [for tile]

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Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
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