From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oren Laadan Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] kernel/cred.c: ckpt_err at restart Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:15:33 -0500 Message-ID: <4B017AA5.60503@cs.columbia.edu> References: <1257465619-1777-1-git-send-email-serue@us.ibm.com> <1257465619-1777-6-git-send-email-serue@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1257465619-1777-6-git-send-email-serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org wrote: > From: Serge E. Hallyn > > Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn > --- > kernel/cred.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c > index 62d28a4..c941078 100644 > --- a/kernel/cred.c > +++ b/kernel/cred.c > @@ -764,32 +764,46 @@ static struct cred *do_restore_cred(struct ckpt_ctx *ctx) > int i; > > h = ckpt_read_obj_type(ctx, sizeof(*h), CKPT_HDR_CRED); > - if (IS_ERR(h)) > + if (IS_ERR(h)) { > + ckpt_err(ctx, ret, "reading cred entry\n"); This error is better reported for _all_ callers of ckpt_read_obj_type() from that function ? I am thinking that moving the report to the specific place where an error occurs, plus data from the image file (and location there) should be sufficient for debugging. [...] Oren.