diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index 1e375b05cfa893a888385e0545b860feea29c991..a3269c897ec578508fd41c6f7ab9b3622934e623 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ bool in_task_stack(unsigned long *stack, struct task_struct *task,
 int get_stack_info(unsigned long *stack, struct task_struct *task,
 		   struct stack_info *info, unsigned long *visit_mask);
 
-void stack_type_str(enum stack_type type, const char **begin,
-		    const char **end);
+const char *stack_type_name(enum stack_type type);
 
 static inline bool on_stack(struct stack_info *info, void *addr, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 1e057b01b6484612eb44f719e8b9a30aae0ab12f..0e5c9d0f6c282afdff7df115882c1ff09b43fc1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * - hardirq stack
 	 */
 	for (regs = NULL; stack; stack = stack_info.next_sp) {
-		const char *str_begin, *str_end;
+		const char *stack_name;
 
 		/*
 		 * If we overflowed the task stack into a guard page, jump back
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		if (get_stack_info(stack, task, &stack_info, &visit_mask))
 			break;
 
-		stack_type_str(stack_info.type, &str_begin, &str_end);
-		if (str_begin)
-			printk("%s <%s>\n", log_lvl, str_begin);
+		stack_name = stack_type_name(stack_info.type);
+		if (stack_name)
+			printk("%s <%s>\n", log_lvl, stack_name);
 
 		/*
 		 * Scan the stack, printing any text addresses we find.  At the
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 				__show_regs(regs, 0);
 		}
 
-		if (str_end)
-			printk("%s <%s>\n", log_lvl, str_end);
+		if (stack_name)
+			printk("%s </%s>\n", log_lvl, stack_name);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
index d7d20999d68cbc17429a08e70229f419b899df0f..bb3b5b9a6899215ff3ff456367c93002d35eece8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
@@ -16,18 +16,15 @@
 
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 
-void stack_type_str(enum stack_type type, const char **begin, const char **end)
+const char *stack_type_name(enum stack_type type)
 {
-	switch (type) {
-	case STACK_TYPE_IRQ:
-	case STACK_TYPE_SOFTIRQ:
-		*begin = "IRQ";
-		*end   = "EOI";
-		break;
-	default:
-		*begin = NULL;
-		*end   = NULL;
-	}
+	if (type == STACK_TYPE_IRQ)
+		return "IRQ";
+
+	if (type == STACK_TYPE_SOFTIRQ)
+		return "SOFTIRQ";
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static bool in_hardirq_stack(unsigned long *stack, struct stack_info *info)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index ab0f8b90b51b6d889cc27f77f859514c15923f69..fac189efcc347e09773b9b42ec341e99b17a70d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -28,23 +28,17 @@ static unsigned long exception_stack_sizes[N_EXCEPTION_STACKS] = {
 	[DEBUG_STACK - 1]			= DEBUG_STKSZ
 };
 
-void stack_type_str(enum stack_type type, const char **begin, const char **end)
+const char *stack_type_name(enum stack_type type)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS != 4);
 
-	switch (type) {
-	case STACK_TYPE_IRQ:
-		*begin = "IRQ";
-		*end   = "EOI";
-		break;
-	case STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION ... STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION_LAST:
-		*begin = exception_stack_names[type - STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION];
-		*end   = "EOE";
-		break;
-	default:
-		*begin = NULL;
-		*end   = NULL;
-	}
+	if (type == STACK_TYPE_IRQ)
+		return "IRQ";
+
+	if (type >= STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION && type <= STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION_LAST)
+		return exception_stack_names[type - STACK_TYPE_EXCEPTION];
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static bool in_exception_stack(unsigned long *stack, struct stack_info *info)