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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 10:42:54 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] QR encoded oops for the kernel
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 09:46:48AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 05/12/2014 09:22 AM, Jason Cooper wrote:
>> >
>> > Something like this?
>> >
>> >
>> > -   pr_warn("------------[ cut here ]------------\n");
>> > +   pr_warn("------------[ cut 10 lines above here ]------------\n");
>> >     pr_warn("WARNING: CPU: %d PID: %d at %s:%d %pS()\n",
>> >             raw_smp_processor_id(), current->pid, file, line, caller);
>> >
>>
>> Why not just drop it?
>
> I think there's value in being specific.  First time reporters tend to
> quote too little when left to their own devices.  When I was more active
> in the Gentoo community, I recall many times getting only the
> "make[1]:..." lines or the "emerge" bits.  By the time you ask for more,
> the data was lost.

Wasn't the "cut here" line put in for people to know which chunk of
log to feed to scripts/markup_oops.pl?  Or is it smarter these days?

Sarah Sharp