From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 13:46:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B4D795; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel@dawidek.net) Received: from mail.dawidek.net (garage.dawidek.net [91.121.88.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBF98FC12; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:46:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (89-73-195-149.dynamic.chello.pl [89.73.195.149]) by mail.dawidek.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C074EC5C; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:44:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:47:43 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Attilio Rao Subject: Re: [RFQ] make witness panic an option Message-ID: <20121125134743.GK1460@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <20121125123920.GI1460@garage.freebsd.pl> <20121125131252.GJ1460@garage.freebsd.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OOq1TgGhe8eTwFBO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" , Adrian Chadd , Giovanni Trematerra , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:46:33 -0000 --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 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 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--