Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:56:37 -0500 | From | Eric Sandeen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] more helpful WARN_ON and BUG_ON messages |
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Who really needs this considering it implies a size increase of the > kernel image? > > Using a kernel tree so unusual that you can't locate the source anymore > sounds like an extremely rare and unintelligent situation, not something > that must be handled.
Most debugging code makes the kernel bigger, slower... and easier to debug, no?
It's not a question of not being -able- to locate sources; it's a question of being able to look at a bug report and triage it quickly without digging around to find the kernel du jour that produced it. *shrug*
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