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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> | 2017-10-13 23:02:01 +0300 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-12-25 16:26:14 +0300 |
| commit | b40a923903d0a535676b8d7b22bfe17260c3d35a (patch) | |
| tree | 2887a7957360aae2f6e418ab00df8b7bc895b6f4 | |
| parent | 8af220c9e240a47660686161e6d04043ad09c563 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b40a923903d0a535676b8d7b22bfe17260c3d35a.tar.xz | |
x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit
commit fc72ae40e30327aa24eb88a24b9c7058f938bd36 upstream.
The ORC unwinder has been stable in testing so far. Give it much wider
testing by making it the default in kconfig for x86_64. It's not yet
supported for 32-bit, so leave frame pointers as the default there.
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b1237bbe7244ed9cdf8db2dcb1253e37e1c341e.1507924831.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 33 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 728b44a56978..6293a8768a91 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -359,27 +359,13 @@ config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG choice prompt "Choose kernel unwinder" - default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER + default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64 + default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32 ---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. -config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER - bool "Frame pointer unwinder" - select FRAME_POINTER - ---help--- - This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel - stack traces. - - The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC - unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's - overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%. - - This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch - consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a - reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE). - config UNWINDER_ORC bool "ORC unwinder" depends on X86_64 @@ -396,6 +382,21 @@ config UNWINDER_ORC Enabling this option will increase the kernel's runtime memory usage by roughly 2-4MB, depending on your kernel config. +config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER + bool "Frame pointer unwinder" + select FRAME_POINTER + ---help--- + This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel + stack traces. + + The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC + unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's + overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%. + + This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch + consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a + reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE). + config UNWINDER_GUESS bool "Guess unwinder" depends on EXPERT |