From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>, Dave Jones <dsj@fb.com>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/11] x86/unwind/orc: Convert global variables to static
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:03:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240229000309.ibtuk7gr27d7cbxz@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240228183507.78c5f130@gandalf.local.home>
On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 06:35:07PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:03:05 -0500
> Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > These variables aren't used outside of unwind_orc.c, make them static.
> >
> > Also annotate some of them with '__ro_after_init', as applicable.
>
> So it appears that crash uses "lookup_num_blocks" to be able to do
> back-traces with the ORC unwinder. But because it's now static, crash can no
> longer do that.
Hm, but why? Even a static variable has a known address.
--
Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-29 0:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-25 10:02 [PATCH v2 00/11] ORC fixes Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] objtool: Fix stack offset tracking for indirect CFAs Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] x86/entry/64: Fix unwind hints in register clearing code Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] x86/entry/64: Fix unwind hints in kernel exit path Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] x86/entry/64: Fix unwind hints in __switch_to_asm() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] x86/entry/64: Fix unwind hints in rewind_stack_do_exit() Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Jann Horn
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] x86/unwind/orc: Convert global variables to static Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2024-02-28 23:35 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] " Steven Rostedt
2024-02-29 0:03 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2024-02-29 0:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2024-02-29 0:42 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-02-29 23:40 ` Steven Rostedt
2024-03-18 15:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] x86/unwind: Prevent false warnings for non-current tasks Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] x86/unwind/orc: Don't skip the first frame for inactive tasks Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Miroslav Benes
2020-04-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] x86/unwind/orc: Prevent unwinding before ORC initialization Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:06 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] x86/unwind/orc: Fix error path for bad ORC entry type Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:06 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] x86/unwind/orc: Fix premature unwind stoppage due to IRET frames Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 6:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-25 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] ORC fixes Ingo Molnar
2020-04-25 10:41 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-26 7:26 ` Ingo Molnar
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