linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Printk kernel version in WARN

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Date:	Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:18:28 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...x.de
Subject: Re: [patch] Printk kernel version in WARN_ON

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:57:19 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> Should be done for all architectures, methinks.
> 
> If so, an appropriate way to do that would be to do
> s/dump_stack/arch_dump_stack/ and do a single all-arch implementation
> of dump_stack().  (Where we might add new goodies in the future).
> 
> Problem is that this will add a new an pointless entry to all the
> stack dumps, unless the arch_dump_stack() implementation is smart
> enough to skip the innermost frame.

it also adds a stackframe to the "oh my god I'm low on stack space lets
get a dump out" codepath ;(

> 


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