Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:23:04 +0200 | From | Simon Kagstrom <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] panic.c: export panic_on_oops |
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:15:45 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> * Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We use the mtdoops module which stores oopses on the Flash partition, > > in order to make it possible to analyze them later. And mtdoops needs > > to know whether 'panic_on_oops' is on or off. Thus, we need this > > variable to be exported. > > hm, why does it need it? Could you send the patch please that makes use > of it (as an easy way to explain the need for the export) - current > upstream drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c doesnt need it so it must be some pending > change.
You have the patch that requires it here:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/34732/
it's a fix to allow mtdoops to actually store oopses which happen when panic_on_oops is set (before these would be missed as the write would never be done).
// Simon
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