linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xtensa: dump userspace code around the exception PC

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Message-ID: <CAMo8Bf+KeW8Gx22ddHjco2vJh1zanRaiHDvi0Jk0-rUpMX0kkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:27:59 -0700
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xtensa: dump userspace code around the exception PC

Hi Marcus,

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 9:36 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> > In the absence of other debug facilities dumping user code around the
> > unhandled exception address may help debugging the issue.
>
> Please choose an imperative change suggestion.

The change itself is so small that it's fully described in the
subject, and I believe
that that description is imperative. This part is the rationale. From
my experience
I cannot guarantee that dumping user code will help, but sometimes it
does, hence
the 'may help'.
Please let me know if you have better wording.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max