I don’t quite follow what the benefit of this is.

The kernel would log something. That is it. Not bad, but I don’t see how this would help.

> On 19 Mar 2022, at 21:10, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Since we cannot trust the kernel to do the right thing (tm) in such a
> situation anymore, triggering a BUG is less bad than running on a kernel
> in an undefined state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire | 4 ++--
> config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire  | 4 ++--
> config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire | 4 ++--
> config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire  | 4 ++--
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> index 356d9051d..06379d544 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
> @@ -8125,11 +8125,11 @@ CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y
> #
> # Debug kernel data structures
> #
> -# CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
> +CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y

Why did this have to be changed? CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION does not depends on this as far as I can see.

> # CONFIG_DEBUG_PLIST is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set
> -# CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION is not set
> +CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION=y
> # end of Debug kernel data structures
> 
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> index 9dab473d4..68e37304a 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
> @@ -8091,11 +8091,11 @@ CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y
> #
> # Debug kernel data structures
> #
> -# CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
> +CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_PLIST is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set
> -# CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION is not set
> +CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION=y
> # end of Debug kernel data structures
> 
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire
> index adef88dc9..8cec9a200 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire
> @@ -6714,11 +6714,11 @@ CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y
> #
> # Debug kernel data structures
> #
> -# CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
> +CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_PLIST is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set
> -# CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION is not set
> +CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION=y
> # end of Debug kernel data structures
> 
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set
> diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> index 222b2dc53..0c6731bd1 100644
> --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
> @@ -7556,11 +7556,11 @@ CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y
> #
> # Debug kernel data structures
> #
> -# CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST is not set
> +CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_PLIST is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set
> -# CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION is not set
> +CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION=y
> # end of Debug kernel data structures
> 
> # CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set
> -- 
> 2.34.1