Re: [PATCH] Exception trace for i386, mark II

[Andi Kleen]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 04:39:37PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > This is a new implementation of exception trace for i386.
> > 
> > It adds a new exception-trace sysctl (default to off), which when enabled
> > triggers printk for unhandled fault signals (SIGSEGV etc.). 
> 
> Isn't this very similar to the KERN_S390_USER_DEBUG_LOGGING sysctl?
> Maybe the code can be merged, or at least they can use the same
> numeric value for the sysctl.

No problem from my side, although it seems a bit pointless for just 
an sysctl.  I don't think anybody expects new sysctls binary values to be stable
anymore - all the distribution kernels vary them widely.

-Andi