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FS#17756 - [kernel26] WCHAN info in ps
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Opened by Dimitrios Apostolou (jimis) - Friday, 08 January 2010, 16:23 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
Opened by Dimitrios Apostolou (jimis) - Friday, 08 January 2010, 16:23 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
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DetailsOn arch i686, WCHAN info is not displayed in tools like ps or top, only "?" is returned. This is because the kernel is compiled without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER. In all other distros I know wchan info is properly displayed, as it is important for debugging frozen programs.
As I already proposed in the mailing list ( http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-January/009977.html ), I think this option should be enabled. Steps to reproduce: cat /proc/*/wchan |
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Closed by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: 2.6.33
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: 2.6.33
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) -
Monday, 18 January 2010, 22:05 GMT
delayed for 2.6.33, has potential to break binary modules.