Re: [PATCH V3 06/11] tracing: Improve panic/die notifiers

From: Guilherme G. Piccoli
Date: Sun Sep 18 2022 - 10:05:43 EST


On 19/08/2022 19:17, 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>
>
> ---
>
> V3:
> - Removed goto usage, as per Steven suggestion (thanks!).
>
> 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.
>
> [...]

Hi Steve, Alan - sorry for the ping (and I'm aware you're OOO Steve, saw
your auto-response email heh).

So, is this version good enough? Appreciate the reviews and in case it's
good, let me know your preference for picking it in your tree - I could
resend the patch alone if you prefer (not in the series), for example.

Thanks,


Guilherme