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authorBrian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>2017-06-14 21:29:12 -0700
committerDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>2017-06-19 08:59:10 -0700
commitccdab3d6e881649f05110d9098fd248d2753aaf3 (patch)
treed684f89dab1b5a2c9579e307e841cd0629b24399 /fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
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xfs: define bug_on_assert debug mode sysfs tunable
In DEBUG mode, assert failures unconditionally trigger a kernel BUG.
This is useful in diagnostic situations to panic a system and
collect detailed state information at the time of a failure.

This can also cause problems in cases where DEBUG mode code is
desired but it is preferable not trigger kernel BUGs on assert
failure. For example, during development of new code or during
certain xfstests tests that intentionally cause corruption and test
the kernel for survival (but otherwise may expect to trigger assert
failures).

To provide additional flexibility, create the
<sysfs>/fs/xfs/debug/bug_on_assert tunable to configure assert
failure behavior at runtime. This tunable is only available in DEBUG
mode and is enabled by default to preserve existing default
behavior. When disabled, assert failures in DEBUG mode result in
kernel warnings.

Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
index 687a4b01fc53..673adf0a40cc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
@@ -47,4 +47,6 @@ xfs_param_t xfs_params = {
 
 struct xfs_globals xfs_globals = {
 	.log_recovery_delay	=	0,	/* no delay by default */
+	.bug_on_assert		=	true,	/* historical default in DEBUG
+						 * mode */
 };