Re: [PATCH v2] x86/dumpstack: uniform die messages prompt

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 03:45:12PM +0800, alexs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> @@ -405,8 +407,8 @@ static void __die_header(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
>  		pr = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) ? " PREEMPT_RT" : " PREEMPT";
>  
>  	printk(KERN_DEFAULT
> -	       "%s: %04lx [#%d]%s%s%s%s%s\n", str, err & 0xffff, ++die_counter,
> -	       pr,
> +	       DIE_PROMPT "%s: %04lx [#%d]%s%s%s%s%s\n", str, err & 0xffff,

Why do you need this DIE_PROMPT if you can simply do:

		"Oops: %s: %04lx... "

?

And yes, I think I'd prefer having an "oops" in there as it is a lot
more prominent. It is called a "kernel oops" everywhere.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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