linux-kernel - Re: can't boot with reiserfs on linux-4.6.0+

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2016 16:38:50 +0800
From:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: can't boot with reiserfs on linux-4.6.0+

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Umm...  Any chance of getting the function names to go with the addresses?
>> I'll try to reproduce it here, but the things would be easier with that
>> information...
>
> Yeah, we shouldn't even allow non-KALLSYMS builds. In fact, unless you
> pick EXPERT (which you shouldn't, unless you're doing some embedded
> development) you can't even disable it.
>
> Jeff, please don't use non-KALLSYMS builds. They are completely undebuggable.
>
>                  Linus

Got it. Will compile with CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y :)

Thanks,
Jeff