linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Function stack size and its name mismatch in arm64

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Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 09:15:02 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Jiping Ma <jiping.ma2@...driver.com>
Cc:     <mingo@...hat.com>, <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        <will.deacon@....com>, <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Function stack size and its name mismatch
 in arm64

On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 16:33:40 +0800
Jiping Ma <jiping.ma2@...driver.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> index 5d16f73898db..ed80b95abf06 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> @@ -40,16 +40,28 @@ static void print_max_stack(void)
>  
>  	pr_emerg("        Depth    Size   Location    (%d entries)\n"
>  			   "        -----    ----   --------\n",
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
> +			   stack_trace_nr_entries - 1);
> +#else
>  			   stack_trace_nr_entries);
> -

NACK! I do not allow arch specific code in generic code like this.

The stack saving should be the same across all archs. If it is not, it
is a bug with the arch that is different.

-- Steve