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Re: backtrace not working on mainline x86_64


Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:

Let me raise the perfunctory caution against relying on heavyweight
routines in the kernel for tasks also performable by the runtime.
("heavyweight" here means using resources like locks in such a way
that makes them unsafe for calling from inconvenient probe contexts.)

- FChE


Yeah, I hear you.
Hien.


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