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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX]tracing/kprobes: Fix kprobe-tracer to
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On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 01:25 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> >  save_stack_trace_regs() function.
> 
> i think only x86 implements that func ? 

Looks to be the case. I didn't think so because not all archs failed.
Hmm, archs like sparc compiled. Perhaps my config prevented tracing
enabled? I'll need to take a deeper look.


>  and its stacktrace.c just seems to beg for generalization ...

Looks like a project for the next merge window :)

-- Steve