From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] i386: fix stuck unwind into kernel thread
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:11:31 +0200
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On Monday 07 August 2006 10:07, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> 06.08.06 20:56 >>>
> >We cannot unwind past kernel_thread_helper.
> 
> Just as mentioned before - we shouldn't add endless special cases to the code that interprets the unwind
> information, but rather fix the unwind information so that it properly reflect the actual state. Like in the
> other case, the piece of code should be properly annotated, which would require it to be moved into
> an assembly file (it escapes me why code like that was ever placed in a C file).

I can do that.

-Andi
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