linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] DWARF: add the config option

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Date:   Sat, 6 May 2017 09:19:55 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] DWARF: add the config option


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
> > The DWARF unwinder is in place and ready. So introduce the config option
> > to allow users to enable it. It is by default off due to missing
> > assembly annotations.
> 
> Who actually ends up using this?

Also, why wasn't Josh Poimboeuf Cc:-ed, who de-facto maintains the x86 unwinding 
code?

AFAICS this series is just repeating the old mistakes of the old Dwarf unwinders 
of trusting GCC's unwinder data. So NAK for the time being on the whole approach:

NAcked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo