__print_symbol() uses extra stack space to sprintf() symbol information and then to feed that buffer to printk() char buffer[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN]; sprint_symbol(buffer, address); printk(fmt, buffer); Replace __print_symbol() with a direct printk("%pS") call. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky at gmail.com> Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta at synopsys.com> --- arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c index 74315f302971..bf40e06f3fb8 100644 --- a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ arc_unwind_core(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, */ static int __print_sym(unsigned int address, void *unused) { - __print_symbol(" %s\n", address); + printk(" %pS\n", (void *)address); return 0; } -- 2.15.1