This config option was apparently disallowed on x86_64 because of problems with the stack unwinder:
commit 6d690dcac92a84f98fd774862628ff871b713660 Author: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.m...@gmail.com> Date: Sat May 12 10:36:53 2007 -0700 fault injection: disable stacktrace filter for x86-64 However, I observe no problems whatsoever with this today and in fact it's been very useful for debugging. Let's allow it again. Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.m...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nos...@oracle.com> --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 6baa522..5896b6f 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1666,7 +1666,6 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER bool "stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities" depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT - depends on !X86_64 select STACKTRACE select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE && !ARM_UNWIND && !ARC && !SCORE help -- 1.9.1