linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump

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Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 10:50:55 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol

On Wed 2018-03-07 20:48:56, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (03/07/18 11:57), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Since lib/dump_stack.c is mandatory then, I would suggest making it
> > obj-y and moving it out of lib/ into kernel/printk/.
> 
> Totally agree on obj-y. And tend to agree on moving lib/dump_stack to
> kernel/printk. lib/dump_stack depends on CONFIG_PRINTK and is partially
> in printk.h. So it _mostly_ seems like the right place after all.

I agree that we should define dump_stack.o as obj-y. Also it makes
sense to move it to kernel/printk/. As Sergey said: it depends on
CONFIG_PRINTK and is in printk.h.

Steven, do you agree or would you suggest another location?
It was you who suggested to move the several functions from printk.c
to dump_stack.c. IMHO, the motivation was to fix responsibilities
(maintainer-ship) of this stuff. This will not really happen if
we move the file to printk directory.

Best Regards,
Petr