linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] softirq: Print the function name

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Message-ID: <20260112110657.a4ZB4zgB@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:06:57 +0100
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, "enlin.mu" <enlin.mu@...ux.dev>
Cc: boqun.feng@...il.com, mingo@...nel.org, ryotkkr98@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, enlin.mu@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] softirq: Print the function name

On 2026-01-08 22:39:14 [+0100], Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06 2026 at 14:16, enlin.mu wrote:
> > On 2026/1/5 17:41, Enlin Mu wrote:
> >> Adjust the printing format from the function address to
> >> the function name.
…
> The TIMER softirq always invoked run_timer_softirq(). If that happens
> then the interesting question is not the softirq action handler, but any
> function it invoked from there. So there is _zero_ value of adding this.

Removing h->action from the print would be an improvement.

> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx

Sebastian