linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

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Message-ID: <20081211213426.GA18346@linux-os.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:34:26 -0800
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
	"nix.or.die@...glemail.com" <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"rjw@...k.pl" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:46:33PM -0800, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> > ok. In this case i'd suggest we should just remove the warning. People do
> > get scared by needless kernel stack dumps - no matter whether it's marked
> > informational or not.
> >
> > So how about the patch below, queued up in tip/x86/debug? Arjan, what do
> > you think?
> 
> How come we don't put it under CONFIG_X86_DEBUG or something and hide
> somewhere in the "Kernel debugging" menu?

On the same lines, can we enable this check with a debug boot option?

thanks,
suresh
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