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Message-ID: <20071031111724.GB27084@one.firstfloor.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:17:24 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dump_stack on panic
> Thinking about this more. Of the Linux users I asked, they think a kernel
> panic is a bug in the kernel anyway (or at least something in the kernel
> went wrong). So if panics will point users to the kernel anyway, then why
> leave out possible vital information from those panics that were caused by
> an actual kernel bug.
On a no root found panic (which are likely the majority of all panics)
the stack dump is about 100% useless.
I also think it's a very bad idea to add them to machine checks again
for psychological reasons.
-Andi
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