cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha support.s src/sys/i386/i386 swtch.s src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c src/sys/sys systm.h

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <200401201234.45472.jhb at FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes:
>On Monday 19 January 2004 04:27 pm, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> phk         2004/01/19 13:27:11 PST
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/alpha/alpha      support.s
>>     sys/i386/i386        swtch.s
>>     sys/kern             kern_shutdown.c
>>     sys/sys              systm.h
>>   Log:
>>   Add linenumber and source filename to panic(9) output.
>>
>>   Ideally a traceback should be printed too, any takers ?
>
>We already print a traceback if DDB is in the kernel. 

The traceback doesn't make it into the msgbuffer, and therefore
many bug reports give no details.

>We already print a traceback if DDB is in the kernel.  Given that panic 
>messages are already largely unique and greppable, I think this doesn't 
>really buy us all that much.

It saves the PR-washing team a lot of grepping.

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