linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing: Disable tracing on warning

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:32:06 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing: Disable tracing on warning

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:42:55PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Add a traceoff_on_warning option in both the kernel command line as well
> as a sysctl option. When set, any WARN*() function that is hit will cause
> the tracing_on variable to be cleared, which disables writing to the
> ring buffer.
> 
> This is useful especially when tracing a bug with function tracing. When
> a warning is hit, the print caused by the warning can flood the trace with
> the functions that producing the output for the warning. This can make the
> resulting trace useless by either hiding where the bug happened, or worse,
> by overflowing the buffer and losing the trace of the bug totally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Neat;

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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