linux-kernel - Re: sysprof in 2.6.27 kernel

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Message-ID: <ye8zlnd6589.fsf@camel28.daimi.au.dk>
Date:	16 Aug 2008 04:52:54 +0200
From:	Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@...mi.au.dk>
To:	Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: sysprof in 2.6.27 kernel

Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 01:23:16AM +0200, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> > It's somewhat rough still. If you try it out, I will be interested in
> > any feedback you have.
> 
> and another one. sysproc gui reads user addresses from the sysprof pipe with
> null pointers. is this ok or is this a bug in sysprof kernel module?

That is not ok, but it could happen if the process in question was not
compiled with framepointers. Or it could be a bug in the kernel code.


Soren
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