linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] x86/dumpstack: Improve opcodes dumping in the Code: section

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 13:08:32 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] x86/dumpstack: Improve opcodes dumping in the Code: section

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 5:25 AM, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> How about we just remove the 'code_bytes=' option?  (Or at the very
> least, reduce its possible range to a reasonable max?)

Ack. Just limit it to 64 bytes max sounds plenty.

             Linus