linux-kernel - Re: warn: Turn the netdev timeout WARN

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Message-ID: <48D17C69.6060203@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:53:45 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: warn: Turn the netdev timeout WARN_ON() into a WARN()

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> I cannot disagree with the "the backtrace is not useful" statement for
> this case. I don't even mind making a WARN() variant that doesn't
> backtrace; I'll look into that. I don't consider it "2.6.27 urgent"
> though; a backtrace is pretty light to do for such an exceptional
> slowpath case, and the only real effect is a few lines
> in /var/log/messages that are somewhat redundant.


Quite agreed -- I never meant to imply that [second half of my reply] 
was urgent, just giving some food for thought about improving the system.

	Jeff


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