Re: [patch] option to quite unaligned trap warnings

[Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>]

Luck, Tony wrote:
> Jes> Hi, This patch is an attempt to find a good compromise to the
> Jes> somewhat contentious issue of the unaligned usertrap warnings.
> 
> 
>>I haven't seen any negative reactions to this one yet and it's been a
>>week so far. Tony any chance you would apply it to your tree?
> 
> 
> Yes, though I might trim the printk() message back a bit, it seems
> a bit[1] over the top.  How about just:
> 
> Unaligned exception warnings have been disabled
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ignore-unaligned-usertrap to re-enable

I kinda added that deliberately to make it a strong point to the users
that they really should consider fixing their apps. If we do a simple
message like that they may not realize the cost of it.

I can live with the simple message, but I think it would be good to
swing the cluebat a bit ;-)

Cheers,
Jes