linux-kernel - Re: Oops in trace_hardirqs

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Message-ID: <1285639094.2989.1.camel@frodo>
Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:58:14 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jörg Sommer <joerg@...a.gnuu.de>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: Oops in trace_hardirqs_on (powerpc)

On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 14:50 +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Hello Steven,
> 
> Steven Rostedt hat am Wed 22. Sep, 15:44 (-0400) geschrieben:
> > Sorry for the late reply, but I was on vacation when you sent this, and
> > I missed it while going through email.
> > 
> > Do you still have this issue?
> 
> No. I've rebuild my kernel without TRACE_IRQFLAGS and the problem
> vanished, as expected. The problem is, that in some cases the stack is
> only two frames deep, which causes the macro CALLER_ADDR1 makes an
> invalid access. Someone told me, there a workaround for the problem on
> i386, too.
> 
> % sed -n 2p arch/x86/lib/thunk_32.S
>  * Trampoline to trace irqs off. (otherwise CALLER_ADDR1 might crash)

Yes, I remember that problem. When I get back from Tokyo, I'll tried to
remember to fix it.

Thanks!

-- Steve


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