linux-kernel - Re: frame unwinder patches

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Message-ID: <87tzcvvi4p.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:13:58 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Bernd Schubert <bs@...eap.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: frame unwinder patches

Bernd Schubert <bs@...eap.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> up to 2.6.22 the -mm series had these nice frame unwinder patches, 
> which gave beautiful stack traces. Unfortunately these frame unwinder patches
> seem to have been dropped :(
>
> Anyone still maintaining updated patches?

The SUSE kernel rpm should have an uptodate set

(ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/HEAD ) 

I agree that they were much better than the current unwinder,
also they didn't require slowing down the kernel with 
frame pointers.

-Andi 
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