Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing: Disable tracing on warning

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Jun 17 2013 - 14:32:21 EST


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:42:55PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Add a traceoff_on_warning option in both the kernel command line as well
> as a sysctl option. When set, any WARN*() function that is hit will cause
> the tracing_on variable to be cleared, which disables writing to the
> ring buffer.
>
> This is useful especially when tracing a bug with function tracing. When
> a warning is hit, the print caused by the warning can flood the trace with
> the functions that producing the output for the warning. This can make the
> resulting trace useless by either hiding where the bug happened, or worse,
> by overflowing the buffer and losing the trace of the bug totally.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Neat;

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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