linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Unify printk strings in fault

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:04:24 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Unify printk strings in fault_32|64.c

On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 09:13 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> > -			"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx\n",
> > +			"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx",
> >  #else
> 
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> > -			"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %08lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx\n",
> > +			"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx",
> >  #else
> 
> thanks, applied.
> 
> 	Ingo

I'm just looking at some of the other printks in do+page_fault right
now in the oops code.

What do you prefer:
	"Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference"
or
	"BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference"

Other than that, I think for the most part, the shorter X86_64 strings
are better.

This does change user-visible output however, but would be nice to have
a similar format.

Harvey

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