linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: remove "last sysfs file:" line from the oops messages

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2011 09:28:15 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: remove "last sysfs file:" line from the oops
 messages


* Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:

> ---------------
> I'm going to queue this up for the .40 kernel merge window, any
> objections?
> ---------------

> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> @@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ int __kprobes __die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
>  	printk("DEBUG_PAGEALLOC");
>  #endif
>  	printk("\n");
> -	sysfs_printk_last_file();
>  	if (notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, err,
>  			current->thread.trap_no, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
>  		return 1;

Good idea - that line has become quite a bit less useful over the past few 
years and oops output is valuable screen real estate.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Thanks,

	Ingo
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