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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:12:19 +0900
From:      Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 swtch.s src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c src/sys/sys systm.h
Message-ID:  <7mptc7jud8.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <7m3c99vp6i.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp>
References:  <200401192127.i0JLRBL3041817@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040120175334.W3279@gamplex.bde.org> <20040213035557.M24031@gamplex.bde.org> <7mfzdexjzs.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <20040215094444.F6303@gamplex.bde.org> <7m3c99vp6i.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp>

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At Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:57:41 +0900,
kuriyama wrote:
> But I personally feel this should be back out after re-reading and we
> should tackle traceback() improvements.

I checked something around backtrace().  A db_print_backtrace() is
depending on DDB, but as Bruce said, DDB is dangerous for default
feature for -stable release.

=46rom my (non kernel hacker) understanding, I'm not sure whether this
is possible and preferred approach or not.  How about this approach?

o Add DDB_BACKTRACE_ONLY option.
o Compile minimal code for db_print_backtrace() into the kernel (some
  #ifdef storm?) when this option is enabled without DDB.
o Call backtrace() if this option is enabled like as DDB_TRACE.
o Enable this option in GENERIC by default.


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Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> // IMG SRC, Inc.
             <kuriyama@FreeBSD.org> // FreeBSD Project



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