Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: new ia64 kernel patch (relative to 2.5.69)

David Mosberger
2003-05-13T00:25:58Z

>>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2003 10:01:00 +1000, Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> said:

Keith> On Sun, 11 May 2003 00:02:50 +1000, Keith Owens
Keith> <kaos@sgi.com> wrote:
>> * Always save the return address in r28 in addition to b6 ...
>> ... kernprof only gets the minstate data and it needs the return
>> address to report the real contention code.

Keith> Ignore that last bit, b6 is in pt_regs. I don't know what I
Keith> was thinking when I wrote that. But the bit about not
Keith> appearing in the INIT/MCA minstate dump still applies.

Then fix the dump. There is certainly not a reason to change normal
kernel code because of something that (for ordinary users) happens
once in a blue moon, if ever.

--david