Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750976AbWAQGnZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:43:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751116AbWAQGnZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:43:25 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:23729 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750976AbWAQGnY (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:43:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:42:34 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, mita@miraclelinux.com, Keith Owens Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.15-current] i386: multi-column stack backtraces Message-Id: <20060116224234.5a7ca488.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200601170126_MC3-1-B602-EFCB@compuserve.com> References: <200601170126_MC3-1-B602-EFCB@compuserve.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1211 Lines: 32 Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote: > > Print stack backtraces in multiple columns, saving screen space. > Number of columns is configurable and defaults to one so > behavior is backwards-compatible. > > Also removes the brackets around addresses when printing more > that one entry per line so they print as: >
> instead of: > [
] > This helps multiple entries fit better on one line. > > Original idea by Dave Jones, taken from x86_64. > Presumably this is going to bust ksymoops. Also the various other custom oops-parsers which people have written themselves. > +config STACK_BACKTRACE_COLS It's pretty sad to go and make something like this a config option. But given that it is, believe it or not, an exported-to-userspace interface, I guess there's not much choice. The patch is a desirable change (I do get seasick reading x86_64 traces, but I'll get over it), but it'll cause various bits of downstream grief. - 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/