From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
dm-devel@redhat.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, mst@redhat.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, jasowang@redhat.com,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, edumazet@google.com,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v5] fault-injection: introduce kvmalloc fallback options
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:28:45 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1804261006120.32722@file01.intranet.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180426125817.GO17484@dhcp22.suse.cz>
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 25-04-18 18:42:57, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, James Bottomley wrote:
> [...]
> > > Kconfig proliferation, conversely, is a bit of a nightmare from both
> > > the user and the tester's point of view, so we're trying to avoid it
> > > unless absolutely necessary.
> > >
> > > James
> >
> > I already offered that we don't need to introduce a new kernel option and
> > we can bind this feature to any other kernel option, that is enabled in
> > the debug kernel, for example CONFIG_DEBUG_SG. Michal said no and he said
> > that he wants a new kernel option instead.
>
> Just for the record. I didn't say I _want_ a config option. Do not
> misinterpret my words. I've said that a config option would be
> acceptable if there is no way to deliver the functionality via kernel
> package automatically. You haven't provided any argument that would
> explain why the kernel package cannot add a boot option. Maybe there are
> some but I do not see them right now.
AFAIK Grub doesn't load per-kernel options from a per-kernel file. Even if
we hacked grub scripts to add this option, other distributions won't.
Mikulas
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, mst@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
jasowang@redhat.com, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, dm-devel@redhat.com,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] fault-injection: introduce kvmalloc fallback options
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:28:45 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1804261006120.32722@file01.intranet.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180426125817.GO17484@dhcp22.suse.cz>
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 25-04-18 18:42:57, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, James Bottomley wrote:
> [...]
> > > Kconfig proliferation, conversely, is a bit of a nightmare from both
> > > the user and the tester's point of view, so we're trying to avoid it
> > > unless absolutely necessary.
> > >
> > > James
> >
> > I already offered that we don't need to introduce a new kernel option and
> > we can bind this feature to any other kernel option, that is enabled in
> > the debug kernel, for example CONFIG_DEBUG_SG. Michal said no and he said
> > that he wants a new kernel option instead.
>
> Just for the record. I didn't say I _want_ a config option. Do not
> misinterpret my words. I've said that a config option would be
> acceptable if there is no way to deliver the functionality via kernel
> package automatically. You haven't provided any argument that would
> explain why the kernel package cannot add a boot option. Maybe there are
> some but I do not see them right now.
AFAIK Grub doesn't load per-kernel options from a per-kernel file. Even if
we hacked grub scripts to add this option, other distributions won't.
Mikulas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-26 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 218+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-18 14:34 [PATCH] net: don't use kvzalloc for DMA memory Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 16:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-18 16:44 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 16:44 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 16:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-18 16:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-18 17:47 ` David Miller
2018-04-18 17:47 ` David Miller
2018-04-18 17:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 17:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 18:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-18 18:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-18 17:49 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 17:49 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 16:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-18 17:46 ` David Miller
2018-04-18 17:53 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:12 ` [PATCH] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:12 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:25 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-19 16:25 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-19 16:28 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:28 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-19 21:27 ` [PATCH] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_SG Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 21:27 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 16:43 ` [PATCH] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-19 18:28 ` Vlastimil Babka
2018-04-19 18:28 ` Vlastimil Babka
2018-04-19 19:47 ` Andrew Morton
2018-04-19 19:47 ` Andrew Morton
2018-04-19 21:19 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 21:19 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-19 23:22 ` Andrew Morton
2018-04-19 23:22 ` Andrew Morton
2018-04-20 12:16 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 12:16 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 11:47 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 11:47 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 12:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 15:25 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-23 15:25 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-20 12:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 13:08 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-20 13:08 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-20 13:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 13:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 13:49 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-20 13:49 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-20 20:56 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 20:56 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 20:54 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 21:02 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 21:02 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 21:21 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-21 14:47 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-22 13:03 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-22 13:03 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-23 14:24 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 15:10 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-23 15:10 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-23 23:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 23:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 14:24 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 14:06 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 14:06 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-23 15:15 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-23 15:15 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 0:06 ` [PATCH v3] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_SG Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 0:06 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 2:47 ` David Rientjes
2018-04-24 11:04 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 11:04 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 3:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-24 3:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-24 12:29 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 12:29 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 17:16 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-24 18:41 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 18:41 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-05-15 1:13 ` Joonsoo Kim
2018-05-15 1:13 ` Joonsoo Kim
2018-04-24 17:16 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-24 12:51 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 12:51 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 15:50 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 16:29 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 17:00 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 17:00 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 17:03 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 17:03 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 17:28 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 17:38 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 17:38 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-25 20:02 ` [PATCH] fault-injection: reorder config entries Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 20:02 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 3:21 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-26 3:21 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-25 20:02 ` [PATCH v4] fault-injection: introduce kvmalloc fallback options Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 20:02 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 20:20 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-25 20:20 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-25 20:57 ` [PATCH v5] " Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 20:57 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 21:11 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-25 21:11 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-25 21:18 ` David Rientjes
2018-04-25 21:22 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 21:22 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 22:17 ` [dm-devel] " James Bottomley
2018-04-25 22:17 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-25 22:42 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 22:42 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 22:49 ` David Rientjes
2018-04-25 22:56 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 22:56 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 12:58 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-26 12:58 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-26 14:28 ` Mikulas Patocka [this message]
2018-04-26 14:28 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 14:45 ` [dm-devel] " James Bottomley
2018-04-26 14:45 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-26 15:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:24 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-26 15:24 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-26 15:44 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:44 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:44 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:59 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 15:59 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 16:07 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 16:07 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 18:54 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:54 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 19:14 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 19:14 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 19:36 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 19:36 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 19:45 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 19:45 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 20:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 20:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 16:07 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:58 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:58 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 19:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 19:05 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 15:59 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 15:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 14:28 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 22:42 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 23:00 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 23:00 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 23:00 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-25 23:08 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-25 23:08 ` James Bottomley
2018-04-26 14:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 14:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 14:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 14:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:22 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:22 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 15:22 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 18:58 ` John Stoffel
2018-04-26 21:50 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 21:50 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 22:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-26 22:52 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 22:52 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-27 8:25 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-27 8:25 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-27 10:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-27 10:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-27 23:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-27 23:20 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-26 22:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-30 18:27 ` John Stoffel
2018-04-30 21:07 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-05-02 13:38 ` John Stoffel
2018-05-03 17:40 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-05-03 17:40 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-30 21:07 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 17:28 ` [PATCH v3] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_SG Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 16:29 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 15:50 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 0:25 ` [PATCH] kvmalloc: always use vmalloc if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 13:31 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 13:31 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 15:30 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 15:30 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 16:12 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 16:12 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 16:29 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 16:29 ` Michal Hocko
2018-04-24 16:33 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 16:33 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-05-02 0:36 ` Andrew Morton
2018-05-02 0:36 ` Andrew Morton
2018-05-02 13:33 ` Mike Snitzer
2018-05-02 13:40 ` [dm-devel] " John Stoffel
2018-05-02 13:33 ` Mike Snitzer
2018-05-03 17:32 ` [PATCH] " Mikulas Patocka
2018-05-03 17:32 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-24 0:25 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-21 14:47 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-04-20 21:21 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-20 20:54 ` Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 17:53 ` [PATCH] net: don't use kvzalloc for DMA memory Mikulas Patocka
2018-04-18 17:46 ` David Miller
2018-04-18 17:45 ` David Miller
2018-04-18 17:55 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-04-18 20:38 ` Eric Dumazet
2018-04-19 4:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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