linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] microblaze: Support FRAME

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Date:	Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:04:47 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	"Steven J. Magnani" <steve@...idescorp.com>
Cc:	microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au, monstr@...str.eu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] microblaze: Support FRAME_POINTER for better backtrace

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 02:13:29PM -0600, Steven J. Magnani wrote:
> diff -uprN a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig.debug b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig.debug
> --- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig.debug	2010-02-25 13:52:30.000000000 -0600
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig.debug	2010-02-25 13:52:49.000000000 -0600
> @@ -26,4 +26,11 @@ config DEBUG_BOOTMEM
>  	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>  	bool "Debug BOOTMEM initialization"
>  
> +config FRAME_POINTER
> +	bool "Use frame pointers"
> +	default n
> +	help
> +	  If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and
> +	  faster. However, stack dumps will be much harder to interpret.
> +
>  endmenu

This isn't necessary, as it already exists in lib/Kconfig.debug. You can
add your architecture to the list there, or if you want it default
enabled you can also select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS.

> diff -uprN a/arch/microblaze/kernel/traps.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/traps.c
> --- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/traps.c	2010-02-25 13:50:00.000000000 -0600
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/traps.c	2010-02-25 13:51:11.000000000 -0600
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>   * for more details.
>   */
>  
> +#include <generated/autoconf.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>

No need for this either, it's pulled in by Kbuild.
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