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Subject: Re: [PATCH] panic.c: export panic_on_oops
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On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 09:58 +0200, Simon Kagstrom wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:45:15 -0700 (PDT)
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > So the logic should literally be something like this:
> > 
> >  - kernel/printk.c:
> > 
> > 	void dump_kmsg(void)
> > 	{
> > 		unsigned long len = ACCESS_ONCE(log_end);
> 
> OK, I'll get back with a few patches that does this later today.

Yeah, I think it is good idea to work on a generic support, and simplify
mtdoops.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)