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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/dumpstack: make stack name tags more comprehensible
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:54:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161118185425.GX3117@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <180196e3754572540b595bc56b947d43658979a7.1479491159.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:46:23AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> NMI stack dumps are bracked by the following tags:
> 
>   <NMI>
>   ...
>   <EOE>
> 
> The ending tag is kind of confusing if you don't already know what "EOE"
> means (end of exception).  The same ending tag is also used to mark the
> end of all other exceptions' stacks.  For example:
> 
>   <#DF>
>   ...
>   <EOE>
> 
> And similarly, "EOI" is used as the ending tag for interrupts:
> 
>   <IRQ>
>   ...
>   <EOI>
> 
> Change the tags to be more comprehensible by making them symmetrical and
> more XML-esque:
> 
>   <NMI>
>   ...
>   </NMI>
> 
>   <#DF>
>   ...
>   </#DF>
> 
>   <IRQ>
>   ...
>   </IRQ>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

>  arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h |  3 +--
>  arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c       | 12 ++++++------
>  arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c    | 19 ++++++++-----------
>  arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c    | 22 ++++++++--------------
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

And saves lines too, awesome!

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-18 18:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-18 17:46 [PATCH] x86/dumpstack: make stack name tags more comprehensible Josh Poimboeuf
2016-11-18 18:54 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-11-19 15:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-11-19 20:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2016-11-21 10:38 ` [tip:x86/asm] x86/dumpstack: Make " tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2016-11-21 12:07 ` tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf

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