Re: [PATCH] dump_stack on panic

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:02:59 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there any reason why we don't do a dump_stack on panic?


panic() should never be used for kernel type of bugs, that's what
BUG_ON() is for. panic() tends to be for "your cpu melted" and "you
don't have a root fs".. nothing else.

for both of those cases, a stack trace actually hurts because it
scrolls the useful information off the screen instead.
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