Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270169AbTGUOvr (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:51:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270173AbTGUOvr (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:51:47 -0400 Received: from colin2.muc.de ([193.149.48.15]:24585 "HELO colin2.muc.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S270169AbTGUOvm (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:51:42 -0400 Date: 21 Jul 2003 17:06:43 +0200 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:06:43 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Keith Owens Cc: Andi Kleen , linas@austin.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? Message-ID: <20030721150643.GA70173@colin2.muc.de> References: <1681.1058705718@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1681.1058705718@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 18 On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:55:18PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:43:57 +0200, > >I actually started on porting the KDB backtracer recently to get > >reliable frame pointer based backtraces, but it turns out the code > >for that is so complicated and ugly that the chances of ever merging > >it would be very slim. > > Mainly because the kernel is full of special cases and i386 provides no Yes I agree. It is an ugly problem, which usually results in ugly solutions too. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/