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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> | 2017-10-13 15:02:01 -0500 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-10-14 10:12:12 +0200 |
| commit | fc72ae40e30327aa24eb88a24b9c7058f938bd36 (patch) | |
| tree | 8748b3433850901aa8ae80992aa4dc4c022714db | |
| parent | 11af847446ed0d131cf24d16a7ef3d5ea7a49554 (diff) | |
x86/unwind: Make CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y the default in kconfig for 64-bit
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>
| -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 f274dbb87c26..a4ff214fb760 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -358,27 +358,13 @@ 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 @@ -395,6 +381,21 @@ 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 |