Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:49:35 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [for-next][PATCH 4/4] ftrace: Add more information to ftrace_bug() output |
| |
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 02:27:06PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > With the introduction of the dynamic trampolines, it is useful that if > things go wrong that ftrace_bug() produces more information about what > the current state is. This can help debug issues that may arise. > > Ftrace has lots of checks to make sure that the state of the system it > touchs is exactly what it expects it to be. When it detects an abnormality > it calls ftrace_bug() and disables itself to prevent any further damage. > It is crucial that ftrace_bug() produces sufficient information that > can be used to debug the situation. > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --
| |