kernel_optimize_test/arch/i386
Tong Li 23332c2e9d [PATCH] OProfile: fixed x86_64 incorrect kernel call graphs
Fix the problem in kernel 2.6.15.1 (and early versions) that OProfile on
x86_64 does not correctly collect the stack traces for kernel functions.

The original code in valid_kernel_stack() in arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c
assumes that the frame pointer (headaddr) should be greater than stack
(i.e., regs).

This assumption is wrong for x86_64 because NMIs in x86_64 use a seperate
stack different from the kernel stack.  Therefore, the variable stack now
points to some location on the NMI stack, which turns out to be at a higher
address than the frame pointer (headaddr) on the kernel stack.  The correct
comparison here should be between headaddr and regs->rsp for x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Tong Li <tong.n.li@intel.com>
Cc: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
Cc: Philippe Elie <phil.el@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03 08:32:04 -08:00
..
boot x86: fix "make install" target 2006-01-10 21:09:19 -08:00
crypto [CRYPTO] aes-i586: Remove unused variable ls_tab 2006-01-09 14:15:53 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2006-02-01 22:06:15 -08:00
lib [LIB]: Consolidate _atomic_dec_and_lock() 2005-09-14 21:47:01 -07:00
mach-default [PATCH] useless includes of linux/irq.h in arch/i386 2005-09-26 18:29:50 -07:00
mach-es7000 [PATCH] ES7000 platform update 2005-10-30 17:37:12 -08:00
mach-generic [PATCH] x86: sutomatically enable bigsmp when we have more than 8 CPUs 2005-09-05 00:06:10 -07:00
mach-visws [PATCH] useless includes of linux/irq.h in arch/i386 2005-09-26 18:29:50 -07:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] useless includes of linux/irq.h in arch/i386 2005-09-26 18:29:50 -07:00
math-emu [PATCH] i386: inline assembler: cleanup and encapsulate descriptor and task register management 2005-09-05 00:06:11 -07:00
mm [PATCH] x86_64: add __meminit for memory hotplug 2006-01-16 23:18:35 -08:00
oprofile [PATCH] OProfile: fixed x86_64 incorrect kernel call graphs 2006-02-03 08:32:04 -08:00
pci [PATCH] PCI: handle bogus MCFG entries 2006-01-31 18:00:13 -08:00
power [PATCH] x86: add MCE resume 2005-11-07 07:53:30 -08:00
defconfig [PATCH] e1000: Added disable packet split capability 2006-01-18 16:17:57 -05:00
Kconfig [PATCH] VMSPLIT config options 2006-02-01 08:53:21 -08:00
Kconfig.cpu [PATCH] Base support for AMD Geode GX/LX processors 2006-01-06 08:33:38 -08:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] x86/x86_64: mark rodata section read only: x86 parts 2006-01-06 08:33:36 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] i386: remove gcc version check for CONFIG_REGPARM 2006-01-16 23:15:25 -08:00
Makefile.cpu [PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks 2006-01-08 20:14:02 -08:00