Re: [PATCH] dump_stack on panic

[Andi Kleen]

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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

One (mostly psychological, but still serious) problem is that stack
dumps make panics always look like kernel bugs.  But there are panics
which are definitely not kernel bugs: like the popular cannot mount
root or machine checks or a couple of others.

We do not want users to send all these panics to linux-kernel
and they would if they look too much like kernel bugs.

I think it's in principle a good idea, but only if you
distingush the cases which are not kernel bugs.
e.g. use a different panic() call for them that does not dump.

-Andi
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