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From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: "Török Edwin" <edwintorok@gmail.com>,
	mingo@elte.hu, srostedt@redhat.com, sandmann@daimi.au.dk,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:48:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081127124851.GC23480@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1227782505.4454.1393.camel@twins>

Hi -

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:41:45AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > Impact: modify+improve the userstacktrace tracing visualization feature
> > > [...]
> > > You'll see stack entries like:
> > >    /lib/libpthread-2.7.so[+0xd370]
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Can you suggest an actual distribution & architecture where this
> > facility may be tested/used?  It appears to require frame-pointer
> > stuff that AFAIK is not generally turned on for user-space.
> 
> gentoo, just rebuild world with frame pointers ;-)

Well, that only goes so far.  If this feature turns out unable to work
without distributors recompiling all their stuff on, for example, x86-64,
then expectations need to be reset.


- FChE

  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-27 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-22 11:28 [PATCH 0/2] tracing: userspace stacktraces Török Edwin
2008-11-22 11:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] tracing: add support for userspace stacktraces in tracing/iter_ctrl Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:37   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 3/3] tracing/stack-tracer: introduce CONFIG_USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT Török Edwin
2008-11-22 11:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:47   ` [PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 21:06     ` Randy Dunlap
2008-11-23 21:24       ` [PATCH] fix comment style on mangle_path Török Edwin
2008-11-23 21:36         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-28 10:05     ` [PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global Al Viro
2008-11-28 17:08       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23  8:53   ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 1/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix style issues Török Edwin
2008-11-23 10:39     ` [PATCH 2/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix locking Török Edwin
2008-11-23 10:52       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 10:59         ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23 11:01           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 11:04             ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23 11:07               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23 11:08                 ` [PATCH] tracing/stack-tracer: avoid races accessing file Török Edwin
2008-11-23 11:20                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-25 14:40   ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: identify which executable object the userspace address belongs to Frank Ch. Eigler
2008-11-26  9:59     ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 10:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-11-27 12:48       ` Frank Ch. Eigler [this message]
2008-11-27 13:02         ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-11-27 13:03         ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 14:10           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-27 14:27             ` Török Edwin
2008-11-27 14:51               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-12-09 19:49                 ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23  8:26 ` [PATCH 0/2] tracing: userspace stacktraces Ingo Molnar
2008-11-23  9:24   ` Török Edwin
2008-11-23  9:30     ` Ingo Molnar

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