[tip:core/urgent] locking: clarify kernel-taint warning message

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Commit-ID:  b48ccb095a0c9257241261ec2bd1cbb1bdabc48b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b48ccb095a0c9257241261ec2bd1cbb1bdabc48b
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:36:52 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:36:52 +0200

locking: clarify kernel-taint warning message

Andi Kleen reported this message triggering on non-lockdep kernels:

   Disabling lockdep due to kernel taint

Clarify the message to say 'lock debugging' - debug_locks_off()
turns off all things lock debugging, not just lockdep.

[ Impact: change kernel warning message text ]

Reported-by: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
 kernel/panic.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 934fb37..3dcaa16 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void add_taint(unsigned flag)
 	 * post-warning case.
 	 */
 	if (flag != TAINT_CRAP && flag != TAINT_WARN && __debug_locks_off())
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Disabling lockdep due to kernel taint\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint\n");
 
 	set_bit(flag, &tainted_mask);
 }
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