On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:48:00 -0800 Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/05/2012 07:01 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:\ > > Any reason you are using custom stack saving code instead of using the > > save_stack_trace API? (include/linux/stacktrace.h) . This is implemented > > on all architectures and takes care of special considerations for > > architectures such as ARM. > > This is actually an ancient patch that Andrew's been carrying around and > updating periodically. I didn't duck fast enough and got stuck updating > it. :) Yes, it's a sweet little patch and has saved our ass a few times. It would be nice if someone were to, umm, productize it and get it merged. However, do see https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/1/137 where Ingo discusses conversion to using the tracing infrastructure. btw, the original patch was from the lost-lost and dearly missed Alexander Nyberg <alexn@xxxxxxxxx>. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>