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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:15:55 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
Cc:        Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>,  "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Reducing SIGINFO verbosity
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:06 AM Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 21 May 2021 08:36:49 -0600
> Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>
> > 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=E2=80=99t think there=E2=80=99s any reason to default it =
differently on
> > > > stable
> > > vs
> > > > current. I think it=E2=80=99s useful (and I prefer the more verbose=
 form,
> > > > which isn=E2=80=99t 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.
> >
>
> Did this ever happen? I just installed a fresh 13.1-RELEASE production
> system (non-INVARIANT kernel) and it seems like SIGINFO still outputs
> kernel stack information.
>

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35576 for those who wish to weigh in.

Warner


> Cheers
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Gmelin
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:06 AM Micha=
el Gmelin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@grem.de">freebsd@grem.de</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
On Fri, 21 May 2021 08:36:49 -0600<br>
Warner Losh &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:imp@bsdimp.com" target=3D"_blank">imp@bsd=
imp.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:38 AM Ceri Davies &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ceri=
@submonkey.net" target=3D"_blank">ceri@submonkey.net</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 03:57:17PM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote:=C2=
=A0 <br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; No, I don=E2=80=99t think there=E2=80=99s any reason to defa=
ult it differently on<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; stable=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; &gt; vs=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; current. I think it=E2=80=99s useful (and I prefer the more =
verbose form,<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; which isn=E2=80=99t the default).=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; I agree that there&#39;s no reason for the default to be differen=
t, but<br>
&gt; &gt; I would say that it is much easier for someone who knows that the=
re<br>
&gt; &gt; is a default to be changed to change it, than it is for someone w=
ho<br>
&gt; &gt; does not. Therefore, if the information is not useful to someone<=
br>
&gt; &gt; who does not know how to get rid of it, then it should default to=
<br>
&gt; &gt; not being displayed, IMHO.<br>
&gt; &gt;=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I plan on changing the default for non-INVARIANT kernels back to<br>
&gt; the old behavior.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; INVARIANT kernels will keep this behavior because it&#39;s a debugging=
<br>
&gt; kernel and this is one more thing to help debugging problems.<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
Did this ever happen? I just installed a fresh 13.1-RELEASE production<br>
system (non-INVARIANT kernel) and it seems like SIGINFO still outputs<br>
kernel stack information.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"ht=
tps://reviews.freebsd.org/D35576">https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35576</a>; fo=
r those who wish to weigh in.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warner</div><div=
>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Cheers<br>
Michael<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Michael Gmelin<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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