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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Add sysctl to enable/disable tracing on
 oops
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 09:37 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 09:15 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> >> Currently we always disable tracing on oops, and this patch
> >> adds a sysctl so one can choose to enable it.
> > 
> > Hmm, we already have a way to enable it.
> > 
> > # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_on
> > 
> 
> What I want is a way to not disable it when an oops happened. :)
> 

Ah, I misunderstood. May I ask a silly question?

Why?

-- Steve