linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/jump-label: Show where and what was wrong on errors

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Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:41:14 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/jump-label: Show where and what was wrong on
 errors

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:51:43AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> A bigger issue is probably if panic-on-bug should be the default, with
> !panic being an opt-in debugging option.

Yes, it might make sense although embedded wants to disable CONFIG_BUG
on systems which cannot report errors:

  │ CONFIG_BUG:
  │
  │ Disabling this option eliminates support for BUG and WARN, reducing
  │ the size of your kernel image and potentially quietly ignoring
  │ numerous fatal conditions. You should only consider disabling this
  │ option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
  │ Just say Y.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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