linux-kernel - Patch for typo in kernel panic message

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Message-ID: <58575875-937F-40BE-A0F4-AFB0D58AC362@bellinghamschools.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 22:57:45 +0000
From:	"Cunningham, Ryan (CUNNIRYA001)" <CUNNIRYA001@...linghamschools.org>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Patch for typo in kernel panic message

The purpose of this patch is to fix some typos and placement errors in the
code that the Linux kernel uses whenever it encounters a fatal error and dies.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Cunningham <CUNNIRYA001@...linghamschools.org>

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 8136ad7..f29e2e6 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	pr_emerg("Kernel panic - not syncing: %s\n", buf);
+	pr_emerg("Kernel panic (not syncing): %s\n", buf);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	/*
 	 * Avoid nested stack-dumping if a panic occurs during oops processing
@@ -149,12 +149,14 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (!panic_blink)
 		panic_blink = no_blink;
 
+	pr_emerg("---[ end Kernel panic (not syncing): %s ]---\n", buf);
+
 	if (panic_timeout > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Delay timeout seconds before rebooting the machine.
 		 * We can't use the "normal" timers since we just panicked.
 		 */
-		pr_emerg("Rebooting in %d seconds..", panic_timeout);
+		pr_emerg("Rebooting in %d seconds...", panic_timeout);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < panic_timeout * 1000; i += PANIC_TIMER_STEP) {
 			touch_nmi_watchdog();
@@ -189,7 +191,6 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 		disabled_wait(caller);
 	}
 #endif
-	pr_emerg("---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: %s\n", buf);
 	local_irq_enable();
 	for (i = 0; ; i += PANIC_TIMER_STEP) {
 		touch_softlockup_watchdog();--
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