On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:33:24 -0700
Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/lib/bug.c b/lib/bug.c
> > > > index 1077366f496b..6c22e8a6f9de 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/bug.c
> > > > +++ b/lib/bug.c
> > > > @@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long 
> > > > bugaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > >                 }
> > > >         }
> > > > +       /*
> > > > +        * BUG() and WARN_ON() families don't print a custom debug 
> > > > message
> > > > +        * before triggering the exception handler, so we must add the
> > > > +        * "cut here" line now. WARN() issues its own "cut here" before 
> > > > the
> > > > +        * extra debugging message it writes before triggering the 
> > > > handler.
> > > > +        */
> > > > +       if ((bug->flags & BUGFLAG_PRINTK) == 0)
> > > > +               printk(KERN_DEFAULT CUT_HERE);  
> > > 
> > > I'm not loving that BUGFLAG_PRINTK name, BUGFLAG_CUT_HERE makes more
> > > sense to me.  
> 
> That's fine -- easy rename. :)
> 
> > Actually it would be BUGFLAG_NO_CUT_HERE then, otherwise all arches not
> > using the generic macros will have to add the flag to get the "cut here"
> > line.  
> 
> I am testing for the lack of the flag (so that only the
> CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG with __WARN_FLAGS case needs to set it). I was
> thinking of the flag to mean "this reporting flow has already issued
> cut-here". It sounds like it would be more logical to have it named
> BUGFLAG_NO_CUT_HERE to mean "do not issue a cut-here; it has already
> happened"? I will update the patch.
> 

 BUGFLAG_HAS_CUT_HERE ?

As it shows it was already done?

-- Steve

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