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> References: <CAJ-Vmo=i=Amo_QqHi4GnGie0Gc0YnK3XaRKjvBO-=SFboFYPmA@mail.gmail.com> <CACfq090EiEiG7Ou2ZMUafWN6GLT9RNK1Q4tiOHnOBWe8GYJDjA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonE3myRyeZ%2BAe0ZOXf7wKvC44rRVkFfDaEwnk8C-=5uoA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndCZPand_rx_uXUeetGMUZu1syGwjdFS7jv9BwdzuXvXOA@mail.gmail.com> <20121125123920.GI1460@garage.freebsd.pl> <CAJ-FndCnfqG4b_StS26WcPT-RhAhvJOOVryJ7rhi__y8Xkr92g@mail.gmail.com> <20121125131252.GJ1460@garage.freebsd.pl> <CAJ-FndAfCYmV7UawgxeKUMRaWaj%2B4XzVEUrxXnCC73sstJUqqg@mail.gmail.com>
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--OOq1TgGhe8eTwFBO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://tupytaj.pl --OOq1TgGhe8eTwFBO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCyIX8ACgkQForvXbEpPzQlJQCeIlqNSY/OZwVQHNSHjq1nQxsl c50AoJRjD25nFJxD+fAuVT4q0EJZXVBQ =ReUf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OOq1TgGhe8eTwFBO--
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