[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] eal: support libunwind based backtrace

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 6 Sep 2021 09:47:29 +0530
<jerinj at marvell.com> wrote:

> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> 
> adding optional libwind library dependency to DPDK for
> enhanced backtrace based on ucontext.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>


Was looking for better backtrace and noticed that there is libbacktrace
on github (BSD licensed). It provides more information like file and line number.
Maybe DPDK should integrate it?


PS: existing rte_dump_stack() is not safe from signal handlers.
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=929