linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] x86/dumstack: Remove code

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Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:12:11 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] x86/dumstack: Remove code_bytes

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:44:40PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> This was added by
> 
>   86c418374223 ("[PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports")
> 
> long time ago but experience shows that 64 instruction bytes are plenty
> when deciphering an oops. So get rid of it.
> 
> Removing it will simplify further enhancements to the opcodes dumping
> machinery coming in the following patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

s/dumstack/dumpstack/ in the subject.

-- 
Josh