Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 08:36:49 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>, Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Reducing SIGINFO verbosity Message-ID: <CANCZdfoJPB=-WMqH_Hd5ggGmY4GR2L7RJZpa_e9a2_ym5R4ZZA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YKe3coCxotoKBV0T@submonkey.net> References: <20210520180155.3e23500e@bsd64.grem.de> <20210520185917.GL14975@funkthat.com> <CAG6CVpWpDYid9F0fSWyyFVuh6SuNmV4HwEBQUKTCXDGfq6KwAw@mail.gmail.com> <YKe3coCxotoKBV0T@submonkey.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:38 AM Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 03:57:17PM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote: > > No, I don’t think there’s any reason to default it differently on stable > vs > > current. I think it’s useful (and I prefer the more verbose form, which > > isn’t the default). > > I agree that there's no reason for the default to be different, but I > would say that it is much easier for someone who knows that there is a > default to be changed to change it, than it is for someone who does not. > Therefore, if the information is not useful to someone who does not know > how to get rid of it, then it should default to not being displayed, > IMHO. > I plan on changing the default for non-INVARIANT kernels back to the old behavior. INVARIANT kernels will keep this behavior because it's a debugging kernel and this is one more thing to help debugging problems. Warner [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:38 AM Ceri Davies <<a href="mailto:ceri@submonkey.net">ceri@submonkey.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 03:57:17PM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote:<br> > No, I don’t think there’s any reason to default it differently on stable vs<br> > current. I think it’s useful (and I prefer the more verbose form, which<br> > isn’t the default).<br> <br> I agree that there's no reason for the default to be different, but I<br> would say that it is much easier for someone who knows that there is a<br> default to be changed to change it, than it is for someone who does not.<br> Therefore, if the information is not useful to someone who does not know<br> how to get rid of it, then it should default to not being displayed,<br> IMHO.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I plan on changing the default for non-INVARIANT kernels back to</div><div>the old behavior.</div><div><br></div><div>INVARIANT kernels will keep this behavior because it's a debugging</div><div>kernel and this is one more thing to help debugging problems.</div><div><br></div><div>Warner</div></div></div>
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