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Message-ID: <20140227120624.051e2a99@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:06:24 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Subject: Re: [RFA][PATCH 5/5] tracepoint: Warn and notify if tracepoints are
 not loaded due to module taint

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:33:50 +0000 (UTC)
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> wrote:

> > -	if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod))
> > +	if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod)) {
> > +		pr_err("Module '%s' is tainted, disabling tracepoints\n",
> 
> Hrm, I wonder if this message could confuse users into thinking that because
> of this error, tracepoints are disabled across the entire kernel (rather than
> within this module).
> 
> I'd recommend the following message instead:
> 
>  pr_err("Module '%s' is tainted, ignoring its tracepoints\n",
> 

Sure. Will update.

-- Steve
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