Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753983Ab1CJXOK (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:14:10 -0500 Received: from www.tglx.de ([62.245.132.106]:60609 "EHLO www.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751272Ab1CJXOI (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:14:08 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:13:58 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Phil Carmody cc: Andrew Morton , gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/1] sysfs: add more info to the oops dump In-Reply-To: <20110310230621.GH7975@esdhcp04044.research.nokia.com> Message-ID: References: <20110310212746.GA3361@suse.de> <1299796027-3343-1-git-send-email-ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> <1299796027-3343-2-git-send-email-ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> <20110310143806.7542e929.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20110310230621.GH7975@esdhcp04044.research.nokia.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2309 Lines: 59 On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Phil Carmody wrote: > On 10/03/11 23:59 +0100, ext Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:27:07 +0200 > > > Phil Carmody wrote: > > > > > > > +static int last_sysfs_write_len; > > > > void sysfs_printk_last_file(void) > > > > { > > > > - printk(KERN_EMERG "last sysfs file: %s\n", last_sysfs_file); > > > > + printk(KERN_EMERG "last sysfs file (%c): %s%c", > > > > + (last_sysfs_write_len == SYSFS_NOT_A_WRITE) ? 'r' : 'w', > > > > + last_sysfs_file, > > > > + last_sysfs_write_len > 0 ? ' ' : '\n'); > > > > + if (last_sysfs_write_len >= (int)sizeof(last_sysfs_write)) > > > > + printk(KERN_CONT " written: %s...(%d chars)\n", > > > > + last_sysfs_write, last_sysfs_write_len); > > > > + else if (last_sysfs_write_len > 0) > > > > + printk(KERN_CONT " written: %s\n", last_sysfs_write); > > > > } > > > > > > That's going to fail to emit the \n if last_sysfs_write_len<=0. > > That's this case: > + last_sysfs_write_len > 0 ? ' ' : '\n'); > > > > However there are tricks inside printk() which will fix that up if the > > > next printk starts with KERN_foo. > > > > > > I can recall just one instance in the past 5-6 years in which the > > > last-sysfs-file output enabled me to locate a bug which would otherwise > > > have been unlocatable (within a drivers/md handler, iirc). > > > > > > I don't think it's a terribly useful feature. Except for when it _is_ > > > useful, when it's very useful ;) The world wouldn't end if we decided > > > to remove it. > > > > Amen to that. > > > > It's more of an distraction than anything which is relevant to 99.999% > > of the problems we have to deal with. > > As I indicated before, I've previously thought that too, but thought I > could 'fix' it by adding to it when I hit the once-in-three-years case. The interesting question is: How did that info help and was it really the ultimate reason why you found the underlying bug ? Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/