linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v8 2/4] arm64: Reorganize the unwinder code for better consistency and maintenance

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Date:   Thu, 2 Sep 2021 02:10:01 -0500
From:   "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, jpoimboe@...hat.com, ardb@...nel.org,
        nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com, sjitindarsingh@...il.com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
        pasha.tatashin@...een.com, jthierry@...hat.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 2/4] arm64: Reorganize the unwinder code for better
 consistency and maintenance



On 9/1/21 11:20 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 06:19:07PM -0500, Madhavan T. Venkataraman wrote:
> 
>> Mark Rutland,
> 
>> Do you also approve the idea of placing unreliable functions (from an unwind
>> perspective) in a special section and using that in the unwinder for
>> reliable stack trace?
> 
> Rutland is on vacation for a couple of weeks so he's unlikely to reply
> before the merge window is over I'm afraid.
> 

OK. I am pretty sure he is fine with the special sections idea. So, I will
send out version 8 with the changes you requested and without the "RFC".

Thanks.

Madhavan