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authorBrian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>2017-06-14 21:29:13 -0700
committerDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>2017-06-19 08:59:10 -0700
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xfs: define fatal assert build time tunable
While configurable at runtime, the DEBUG mode assert failure behavior is usually either desired or not for a particular situation. For example, developers using kernel modules may prefer for fatal asserts to remain disabled across module reloads while QE engineers doing broad regression testing may prefer to have fatal asserts enabled on boot to facilitate data collection for bug reports. To provide a compromise/convenience for developers, create a Kconfig option that sets the default value of the DEBUG mode 'bug_on_assert' sysfs tunable. The default behavior remains to trigger kernel BUGs on assert failures to preserve existing behavior across kernel configuration updates with DEBUG mode enabled. 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')
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/Kconfig13
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs.h4
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c7
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/Kconfig b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
index 35faf128f36d..1b98cfa342ab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
@@ -96,3 +96,16 @@ config XFS_DEBUG
not useful unless you are debugging a particular problem.
Say N unless you are an XFS developer, or you play one on TV.
+
+config XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
+ bool "XFS fatal asserts"
+ default y
+ depends on XFS_FS && XFS_DEBUG
+ help
+ Set the default DEBUG mode ASSERT failure behavior.
+
+ Say Y here to cause DEBUG mode ASSERT failures to result in fatal
+ errors that BUG() the kernel by default. If you say N, ASSERT failures
+ result in warnings.
+
+ This behavior can be modified at runtime via sysfs.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs.h b/fs/xfs/xfs.h
index a742c47f7d5a..80cd0fd86783 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
#define XFS_BUF_LOCK_TRACKING 1
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
+#define XFS_ASSERT_FATAL 1
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_XFS_WARN
#define XFS_WARN 1
#endif
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
index 673adf0a40cc..3e1cc3001bcb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ 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 */
+#ifdef XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
+ .bug_on_assert = true, /* assert failures BUG() */
+#else
+ .bug_on_assert = false, /* assert failures WARN() */
+#endif
};