Applies to git & 2.6.17-rc6 after CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW patch
uses same stack-zeroing mechanism as on i386 to discover maximum stack excursions.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>
Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug 2006-06-13 08:54:36.923001750 -0500
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug 2006-06-13 08:59:32.941501750 -0500
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
drops below a certain limit.
+config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+ bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
+ task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
+
+ This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
+
#config X86_REMOTE_DEBUG
# bool "kgdb debugging stub"
Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h 2006-03-19 23:53:29.000000000 -0600
+++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h 2006-06-13 08:59:32.953502500 -0500
@@ -73,8 +73,21 @@
}
/* thread information allocation */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
+ ({ \
+ struct thread_info *ret; \
+ \
+ ret = ((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,THREAD_ORDER)); \
+ if (ret) \
+ memset(ret, 0, THREAD_SIZE); \
+ ret; \
+ })
+#else
#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,THREAD_ORDER))
+#endif
+
#define free_thread_info(ti) free_pages((unsigned long) (ti), THREAD_ORDER)
#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
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