The patch titled i386: remove multi-entry backtraces has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is i386-remove-multi-entry-backtraces.patch This patch was dropped because lockdep is being redone ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: i386: remove multi-entry backtraces From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Remove CONFIG_STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS. This feature didnt work out: instead of making kernel debugging more efficient, it produces much harder to read stacktraces! Check out this trace for example: http://static.flickr.com/47/158326090_35d0129147_b_d.jpg That backtrace could have been printed much nicer as a one-entry-per-line thing, taking the same amount of screen real-estate. Plus we remove 30 lines of kernel code as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/Kconfig.debug | 10 --------- arch/i386/kernel/traps.c | 39 ++++++++----------------------------- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~i386-remove-multi-entry-backtraces arch/i386/Kconfig.debug --- devel/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~i386-remove-multi-entry-backtraces 2006-06-02 11:10:31.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug 2006-06-02 11:10:31.000000000 -0700 @@ -31,16 +31,6 @@ config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE This option will slow down process creation somewhat. -config STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS - int "Stack backtraces per line" if DEBUG_KERNEL - range 1 3 - default 1 if LOCKDEP - default 2 if !LOCKDEP - help - Selects how many stack backtrace entries per line to display. - - This can save screen space when displaying traces. - comment "Page alloc debug is incompatible with Software Suspend on i386" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SOFTWARE_SUSPEND diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~i386-remove-multi-entry-backtraces arch/i386/kernel/traps.c --- devel/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~i386-remove-multi-entry-backtraces 2006-06-02 11:10:31.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2006-06-02 11:12:34.000000000 -0700 @@ -116,28 +116,13 @@ static inline int valid_stack_ptr(struct } /* - * Print CONFIG_STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS address/symbol entries per line. + * Print one address/symbol entries per line. */ -static inline int print_addr_and_symbol(unsigned long addr, char *log_lvl, - int printed) +static inline void print_addr_and_symbol(unsigned long addr, char *log_lvl) { - if (!printed) - printk(log_lvl); - -#if CONFIG_STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS == 1 printk(" [<%08lx>] ", addr); -#else - printk(" <%08lx> ", addr); -#endif - print_symbol("%s", addr); - printed = (printed + 1) % CONFIG_STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS; - if (printed) - printk(" "); - else - printk("\n"); - - return printed; + print_symbol("%s\n", addr); } static inline unsigned long print_context_stack(struct thread_info *tinfo, @@ -145,12 +130,11 @@ static inline unsigned long print_contex char *log_lvl) { unsigned long addr; - int printed = 0; /* nr of entries already printed on current line */ #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER while (valid_stack_ptr(tinfo, (void *)ebp)) { addr = *(unsigned long *)(ebp + 4); - printed = print_addr_and_symbol(addr, log_lvl, printed); + print_addr_and_symbol(addr, log_lvl); /* * break out of recursive entries (such as * end_of_stack_stop_unwind_function): @@ -163,28 +147,23 @@ static inline unsigned long print_contex while (valid_stack_ptr(tinfo, stack)) { addr = *stack++; if (__kernel_text_address(addr)) - printed = print_addr_and_symbol(addr, log_lvl, printed); + print_addr_and_symbol(addr, log_lvl); } #endif - if (printed) - printk("\n"); - return ebp; } -static asmlinkage int show_trace_unwind(struct unwind_frame_info *info, void *log_lvl) +static asmlinkage int +show_trace_unwind(struct unwind_frame_info *info, void *log_lvl) { int n = 0; - int printed = 0; /* nr of entries already printed on current line */ while (unwind(info) == 0 && UNW_PC(info)) { - ++n; - printed = print_addr_and_symbol(UNW_PC(info), log_lvl, printed); + n++; + print_addr_and_symbol(UNW_PC(info), log_lvl); if (arch_unw_user_mode(info)) break; } - if (printed) - printk("\n"); return n; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are origin.patch disable-debugging-version-of-write_lock.patch fix-drivers-mfd-ucb1x00-corec-irq-probing-bug.patch cifs-remove-f_ownerlock-use.patch lock-validator-fix-ns83820c-irq-flags-bug.patch revert-gregkh-pci-pci-test-that-drivers-properly-call-pci_set_master.patch x86-re-enable-generic-numa.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-tidy.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-arch_vma_name-fix.patch 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