On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 08:05:13PM +0000, Linux Kernel wrote:
> Web:
> https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/81d387190039c14edac8de2b3ec789beb899afd9
> Commit: 81d387190039c14edac8de2b3ec789beb899afd9
> Parent: a34a766ff96d9e88572e35a45066279e40a85d84
> Refname: refs/heads/master
> Author: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
> AuthorDate: Tue Jul 25 08:54:24 2017 -0500
> Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> CommitDate: Wed Jul 26 14:05:36 2017 +0200
>
> x86/kconfig: Consolidate unwinders into multiple choice selection
>
> There are three mutually exclusive unwinders. Make that more obvious by
> combining them into a multiple-choice selection:
>
> CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER_UNWINDER
> CONFIG_ORC_UNWINDER
> CONFIG_GUESS_UNWINDER (if CONFIG_EXPERT=y)
The help texts for the various unwinders are now attached to the wrong
kconfig item.
> +choice
> + prompt "Choose kernel unwinder"
> + default FRAME_POINTER_UNWINDER
> + ---help---
> + This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
> + traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
> + livepatch, lockdep, and more.
This is what gets displayed, but tells me nothing about what the
benefits/downsides are of each (or even what they are; I had to read the
Kconfig file to figure out what 'GUESS' meant)
an oldconfig run ..
Choose kernel unwinder
> 1. Frame pointer unwinder (FRAME_POINTER_UNWINDER) (NEW)
2. ORC unwinder (ORC_UNWINDER) (NEW)
3. Guess unwinder (GUESS_UNWINDER) (NEW)
choice[1-3?]: ?
This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
livepatch, lockdep, and more.
Prompt: Choose kernel unwinder
Location:
-> Kernel hacking
Defined at arch/x86/Kconfig.debug:359
Selected by: m
Choose kernel unwinder
> 1. Frame pointer unwinder (FRAME_POINTER_UNWINDER) (NEW)
2. ORC unwinder (ORC_UNWINDER) (NEW)
3. Guess unwinder (GUESS_UNWINDER) (NEW)
choice[1-3?]:
Dave
