Re: [PATCH] MIPS: oops when show backtrace of all active cpu

[Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Fan Du <fdu@windriver.com> wrote:
> show_backtrace must have an valid task when calling unwind_stack,
> so fix it by checking first.
[...]
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ static void show_backtrace(struct task_struct *task, 
> const struct pt_regs *regs)
>                 show_raw_backtrace(sp);
>                 return;
>         }
> +
> +       if (task == NULL)
> +               task = current;
> +
>         printk("Call Trace:\n");
>         do {
>                 print_ip_sym(pc);

FYI, a slightly different version of this change was accepted:

https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/3524/