Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:08:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:08:13 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([195.224.96.167]:25098 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:08:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:11:26 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Cort Dougan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cheap lookup of symbol names on oops() Message-ID: <20020725181126.A17859@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Cort Dougan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20020725110033.G2276@host110.fsmlabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020725110033.G2276@host110.fsmlabs.com>; from cort@fsmlabs.com on Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:00:33AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 946 Lines: 21 On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:00:33AM -0600, Cort Dougan wrote: > This is from the -atp (Aunt Tillie and Penelope) tree. > > This patch adds a small function that looks up symbol names that correspond > to given addresses by digging through the already existent ksyms table. > It's invaluable for debugging on embedded systems - especially when testing > modules - since ksymoops is a hassle to deal with in cross-build > environments. We already have this info in the kernel so we might as well > use it. > > This patch adds use of the function for PPC and i386. Wow! very usefull patch. O want it for 2.4 and 2.5, please. But could you please fix up the indentation to match common kernel style? - 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/