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Date:      Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:47:43 +0100
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Giovanni Trematerra <giovanni.trematerra@gmail.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFQ] make witness panic an option
Message-ID:  <20121125134743.GK1460@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-FndAfCYmV7UawgxeKUMRaWaj%2B4XzVEUrxXnCC73sstJUqqg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 01:37:19PM +0000, Attilio Rao wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> wr=
ote:
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:42:16PM +0000, Attilio Rao wrote:
> >> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org=
> wrote:
> >> > WITNESS is a development tool. We don't ship production kernels with
> >> > WITNESS even compiled in. What is more efficient use of developer ti=
me:
> >> > going through full reboot cycle every time or reading the warning fr=
om
> >> > console, unloading a module, fixing the bug and loading it again?
> >> >
> >> > And if this option is turned off by default what is the problem?
> >>
> >> Yes, so, why do you write here?
> >
> > I'm trying to understand why do you object. Until now the only concern
> > you have that I found is that you are afraid of it being abused. I don't
> > see how this can be abused if it is turned off by default. If someone
> > will commit a change that will turn it on by default, believe me, I'll
> > unleash hell personally.
>=20
> So I don't understand what are you proposing.
> You are not proposing to switch BLESSING on and you are not proposing
> to import Adrian's patches in, if I get it correctly. I don't
> understand then.

I propose to get Adrian's patches in, just leave current behaviour as
the default.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
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