linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: add ksymbolize.py

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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2016 14:27:16 +0300
From:   Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@...il.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     dvyukov@...gle.com, kcc@...gle.com, aryabinin@...tuozzo.com,
        adech.fo@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        alexander.levin@...izon.com, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: add ksymbolize.py



On 08/24/2016 07:40 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Alexander.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 06:37:35PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
>> Commit the script that symbolizes BUG messages and KASAN error reports
>> by adding file:line information to each stack frame.
>> The script is a copy of
>> https://github.com/google/sanitizers/blob/master/address-sanitizer/tools/kasan_symbolize.py
>> , originally written by Andrey Konovalov.
> 
> I really like the idea of having the script in the tree but can you
> please be more detailed in the patch description (and possibly in the
> help message of the tool)?  e.g. describe what it can do and show some
> examples.  It's difficult to tell what the script is about from this
> posting.

I've tried to use the script but had to read the code to understand how
exactly to run it. So I also second that a more verbose help is needed
in the script.


> 
> Thanks.
>