RE: [PATCH] arm: Fix backtrace generation when IPI is masked

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Tue Sep 15 2015 - 04:21:49 EST


> > Better if dump_stack() is added in a separate patch, given that
> > it is not mentioned in commit message.
>
> Adding dump_stack() is mentioned in passing ("Some small changes to the
> generic code are required to support this.") but you're right that the
> reason for the change is not explicitly called out.
>
> I can certainly respin as two patches but perhaps its better just to
> improve the commit message. Something like:
>
> > This can be fixed by detecting that the calling context cannot be
> > preempted and issuing the backtrace directly in this case. Issuing
> > directly leaves us without any pt_regs to pass to nmi_cpu_backtrace().
> > Modify the generic code to call dump_stack() when its argument is
> > NULL.
>
Looks nice!

thanks
Hillf

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