linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] kmsg_dump: Don't run on non-error paths by default

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Message-ID: <20120214211232.GB2750@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:12:32 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dzickus@...hat.com,
	vgoyal@...hat.com, seiji.aguchi@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] kmsg_dump: Don't run on non-error paths by default

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 01:05:22PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> So if I'm understanding it correctly, this patch reverts the kernel
> behaviour to what it was before 04c6862c055fb687c9 ("kmsg_dump: add
> kmsg_dump() calls to the reboot, halt, poweroff and emergency_restart
> paths").  The user must now set printk.always_kmsg_dump to get the
> 04c6862c055fb687c9 behaviour.

Correct.

> Correct?  If so, we should get this into 3.3 so we don't have a oddball
> behaviour in one particular kernel release.

That would be my preference.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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