linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ARC unwinder switch to .eh

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:39:06 -0700
From:   Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:     Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@...gle.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ARC unwinder switch to .eh_frame

Hi Daniel,

On 09/19/2016 11:13 PM, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On 09/19/2016 06:21 PM, Daniel Mentz wrote:
>> > Hi Vineet,
>> > 
>> > Thank you for your patches. I applied them, and verified that
>> > unwinding works with code that is compiled into the kernel image as
>> > well as kernel modules.
>> > I confirmed that the .eh_frame section is present and that the
>> > .debug_frame section is absent. I also verified that the file size of
>> > the .ko files are small enough for our embedded platform and that
>> > unnecessary sections like .debug_info, .debug_line, .debug_str etc.
>> > are also absent.
>> > Is there anything else you want me to test?
>> > Thanks
>> > Daniel
> Nope - that is it. Just wanted to make sure it is "field" tested :-)
> 
> Thx,
> -Vineet

FYI - I've pushed some more changes to unwinding department so that we get
call-traces for memset/memcpy et al.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vgupta/arc.git  #for-next

-Vineet