linux-kernel - Re: Print taint info in more places.

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Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:43:15 -0200
From:	"Mauricio Mauad Menegaz Filho" <mmauad@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Print taint info in more places.

2007/12/13, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>:
> Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> writes:
>
> >  #define WARN_ON(condition) ({                                                \
> >       int __ret_warn_on = !!(condition);                              \
> >       if (unlikely(__ret_warn_on)) {                                  \
> > -             printk("WARNING: at %s:%d %s()\n", __FILE__,            \
> > -                     __LINE__, __FUNCTION__);                        \
> > +             printk(KERN_ERR "WARNING: at %s:%d %s() (%s)\n",        \
> > +                      __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__,              \
> > +                      print_tainted());                              \
> >               dump_stack();                                           \
>
> Have you checked how this affects code size? It might be worth it
> now to do a out of line helper.
>

Have you checked how does spotting a bug is worth the extra size
sometimes (almost all the time)?
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