linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report

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Message-ID: <20080106133817.4f42ab82@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:38:17 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu, mpm@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report_bug()

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:22:23 -0600
Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net> wrote:

> Powerpc uses the generic report_bug() from lib/bug.c to report
> warnings, and I'm guessing other arches do as well.
> 
> Add the module list as well as the end-of-trace marker to the output.
> This required making print_oops_end_marker() nonstatic.
> 
> 

this is the wrong approach...
powerpc and such should just use oops_enter() / oops_exit() to signal the start/end of such 
a trace, that gives them all the other behavior of oopsing as well (such as the "slow oops scrolling down" etc)
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