linux-kernel - Re: xfs bug in 2.6.26-rc9

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:22:01 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Sebastian Siewior <lkml@...breakpoint.cc>
Cc:	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: xfs bug in 2.6.26-rc9

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 09:02:09PM +0200, Sebastian Siewior wrote:
> * Dave Chinner | 2008-07-11 18:42:49 [+1000]:
> 
> >Oh - you must be running a debug XFS.  CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG was only
> >introduced in 2.6.26-rc1 and defaults to 'N', so you must have
> >selected the non-default option when prompted. This will cause your
> >machine to oops at the slightest inconsistency that is found,
> >regardless of whether it is fatal or not. Like the help text says,
> >don't set this unless you are an XFS developer....
> Could you please add this to the Kconfig entry.

I effectively quoted from it:

config XFS_DEBUG
        bool "XFS Debugging support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
        depends on XFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
        help
          Say Y here to get an XFS build with many debugging features,
          including ASSERT checks, function wrappers around macros,
          and extra sanity-checking functions in various code paths.

          Note that the resulting code will be HUGE and SLOW, and probably
          not useful unless you are debugging a particular problem.

          Say N unless you are an XFS developer, or you play one on TV.

> Debug mode is usually
> noisy, little slower and mostly usefull just to the developers but *I*
> would not expect to BUG() in the non-fatal case.

What do you expect debug code to do? Asserts are designed to
drop the machine into a debugger when they fail so the problem can
be, well, debugged.

> Not sure but if this is just for hch and you than a define in xfs.h
> might be safer :)

And any other XFS developer using the XFS git tree or mainline, as
tends to happen these days. And there are cases where a debug XFS
might be needed to help find a problem that is being hit out in
the field.

Like all other debug config options, don't set them unless you know
what you are doing....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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