linux-kernel - Re: [patch] get rid of "cut here" from bug output

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:19:02 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] get rid of "cut here" from bug output

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:36:37 +0200 Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:

> From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 02:21:56PM +0200
> 
> > It's annoying to have chunks of dmesg output instead just the whole
> > output.  A lot of times the very interesting information is before
> > the bug happens.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
> > index 3b16cd9..2db532a 100644
> > --- a/kernel/panic.c
> > +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> > @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void warn_slowpath_common(const char *file, int line, void *caller,
> >  {
> >  	const char *board;
> >  
> > -	printk(KERN_WARNING "------------[ cut here ]------------\n");
> > +	printk(KERN_WARNING "-----[ paste whole dmesg to bugzilla ]-----\n");
> 
> Good idea, we end up requesting the whole dmesg most of the time anyway.
> However not all bugs are reported through bugzilla, and, frankly
> bugzilla is kinda sucky when it comes down to communicating with the bug
> reporter. How about the more generic "send whole dmesg when reporting"
> instead?

And the pestiferous thing wordwraps the dmesg output to death, making
it amazingly hard to read.  s/paste/attach/ maybe.

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