Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/jump-label: Show where and what was wrong on errors

Borislav Petkov
2013-08-07T18:41:18Z

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:51:43AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> A bigger issue is probably if panic-on-bug should be the default, with
> !panic being an opt-in debugging option.

Yes, it might make sense although embedded wants to disable CONFIG_BUG
on systems which cannot report errors:

│ CONFIG_BUG:
│
│ Disabling this option eliminates support for BUG and WARN, reducing
│ the size of your kernel image and potentially quietly ignoring
│ numerous fatal conditions. You should only consider disabling this
│ option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
│ Just say Y.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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