From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pl0-f72.google.com (mail-pl0-f72.google.com [209.85.160.72]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB196B0069 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:38:59 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-pl0-f72.google.com with SMTP id i33so4675313pld.0 for ; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:38:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-fw-9102.amazon.com (smtp-fw-9102.amazon.com. [207.171.184.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d30si5173087pld.747.2017.12.01.08.38.58 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:38:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:38:50 -0800 From: Eduardo Valentin Subject: Re: KAISER: kexec triggers a warning Message-ID: <20171201163850.GC26327@u40b0340c692b58f6553c.ant.amazon.com> References: <03012d01-4d04-1d58-aa93-425f142f9292@canonical.com> <84c7dd7d-5e01-627e-6f26-5c1e30a87683@linux.intel.com> <20171201153713.apdoi6em7c4iynlr@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171201153713.apdoi6em7c4iynlr@pd.tnic> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Dave Hansen , Juerg Haefliger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, hughd@google.com, luto@kernel.org On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 04:37:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 07:31:36AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: > > The only question is whether we want to preserve _some_ kind of warning > > there, or just axe it entirely. > > Right, my fear would be if we keep it, then we'd have to go and > whitelist or somehow track those users which are an exception... > > OTOH, it might be prudent to have a warning to catch such abnormal > situations... But a warn like that on the kexec/kdump path can be scary for regular / unware users, specially considering that kexec is almost common place for regular reboot. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply. > -- All the best, Eduardo Valentin -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org