Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751244AbWAQPBg (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:01:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751240AbWAQPBL (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:01:11 -0500 Received: from silver.veritas.com ([143.127.12.111]:41078 "EHLO silver.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751239AbWAQPBA (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:01:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:01:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@goblin.wat.veritas.com To: Akinobu Mita cc: Keith Owens , ak@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Christoph Hellwig , Jesper Juhl , Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] compact print_symbol() output In-Reply-To: <20060117112318.GA24671@miraclelinux.com> Message-ID: References: <20060117101555.GD19473@miraclelinux.com> <10099.1137494043@ocs3.ocs.com.au> <20060117112318.GA24671@miraclelinux.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jan 2006 15:01:00.0267 (UTC) FILETIME=[D3F35BB0:01C61B76] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1064 Lines: 23 On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Akinobu Mita wrote: > > And do you have any objection to remove symbolsize output in > print_symbol()? I can't find useful usage about symbolsize in > print_symbol() except to do a double check that the oops is > matching the vmlinux we're looking at. (so I made 4/4) > Do you know any useful usage about symbolsize? I've often found symbolsize useful. Not when looking at an oops from my own machine. But when looking at an oops posted on LKML, from someone who most likely has a different .config and different compiler, different optimization and different inlining from mine. symbolsize is a good clue as to how close their kernel is to the one I've got built on my machine, how likely guesses I make based on mine will apply to theirs, and whereabouts in the function that it oopsed. Hugh - 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/