Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] tracing: Improve panic/die notifiers

From: Guilherme G. Piccoli
Date: Sun Aug 07 2022 - 11:46:43 EST


On 19/07/2022 16:53, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> Currently the tracing dump_on_oops feature is implemented
> through separate notifiers, one for die/oops and the other
> for panic - given they have the same functionality, let's
> unify them.
>
> Also improve the function comment and change the priority of
> the notifier to make it execute earlier, avoiding showing useless
> trace data (like the callback names for the other notifiers);
> finally, we also removed an unnecessary header inclusion.
>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> V2:
> - Different approach; instead of using IDs to distinguish die and
> panic events, rely on address comparison like other notifiers do
> and as per Petr's suggestion;
>
> - Removed ACK from Steven since the code changed.
>
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> [...]

Hi Sergei / Steve, do you think this version is good now, after your
last round of reviews?

Thanks,


Guilherme