linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix print out of function which called WARN

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Date:	Sun, 17 May 2009 15:43:14 +0100 (BST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix print out of function which called WARN_ON()

On Sat, 16 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> This patch not only avoids the warnings and gets the right caller 
> information, it cleans up the code too:
> 
>  - it uses '%pS' instead of of sprint_symbol

> -	char function[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];

This should be a big improvement, because that buffer on the stack
was netting lots of stale return addresses, printed out with ?s in
the warning's dump_stack().  I had been wanting to add a memset,
but your %pS should circumvent the need for that nicely.

Hugh
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