Re: [PATCH 2/2] microblaze: allow developer selection of STACKTRACE

[Michal Simek]

Steven J. Magnani wrote:
> Allow the developer to configure STACKTRACE to enable userland access to backtraces in /proc/NN/stack.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff -uprN a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
> --- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig	2010-04-09 21:52:36.000000000 -0500
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig	2010-04-12 22:16:01.000000000 -0500
> @@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ config PROC_DEVICETREE
>  	  an image of the device tree that the kernel copies from Open
>  	  Firmware or other boot firmware. If unsure, say Y here.
>  
> +config PROC_BACKTRACE
> +	bool "Support for kernel backtraces in /proc/NN/stack"
> +	default n
> +	select STACKTRACE
> +	help
> +	  This option adds a backtrace of the kernel stack to /proc/NN/stack.
> +	  If unsure, say N here.
> +

Why did you create new Kconfig option? /proc/NN/stack is there when you 
enable stacktrace support. There is not necessary to enable any new option.

Or is there any other point which I am missing?

Thanks,
Michal


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