Re: Remove unneeded switch_to stuff

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:27:18AM +0530, Amit Kale wrote:
> On Thursday 29 Dec 2005 12:10 am, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 05:52:16PM +0530, Amit Kale wrote:
> > > Attached patch removes unneeded switch_to stuff. Gdb is able to find
> > > backtraces to schedule correctly now.
> >
> > Is this with (a) the previous CFI patch and then (b) GDB fixes?  If so,
> > lets make sure the GDB fixes are easily found (and in GDB cvs).
> 
> This is independent of all other patches we had sent yesterday. This is 
> continuing a previous thread where George had suggested that switch_to stuff 
> was not needed. I had expressed concerns over gdb's ability to find 
> backtraces in absence of switch_to. gdb-6.3 onwards seems to be able to 
> handle backtraces starting from switch_to quite well.
> 
> Let's get rid of the switch_to stuff. It'll make things easier to push into 
> mainline linux kernel.

OK, sounds good then, thanks.

-- 
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/


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