linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/13 v2] ftrace: do not trace init sections

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0810231250380.1765@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:51:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13 v2] ftrace: do not trace init sections


On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > 
> > The ftrace buffer can be dumped out on oops. I'm not sure if it is 
> > always on. If it is, I need to make it default off and add a command 
> > line and sysctl to turn it on. Otherwise, we will have people 
> > complaining about the extra output to the console on oops.
> 
> it dumps currently if a tracer is enabled. I saw it a couple of times 
> already during crashes.

That's right. I owe you a patch. I'll write one up.

-- Steve

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