From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A4C926.2040701@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130528143756.GD7088@redhat.com>
On 05/28/2013 07:37 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> Should we schedule the removal of this interface after 1-2 releases
> and give a warning once if anybody opens /dev/oldmem and tell them
> to use /proc/vmcore instead?
>
> I am kind of inclined towards warning approarch. If there is any xyz
> /dev/oldmem user in the wild out there, he/she atleast gets a chance to
> migrate to /proc/vmcore.
>
This has been discussed ad nauseam at the Kernel Summit. It doesn't work.
-hpa
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,
"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A4C926.2040701@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130528143756.GD7088@redhat.com>
On 05/28/2013 07:37 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> Should we schedule the removal of this interface after 1-2 releases
> and give a warning once if anybody opens /dev/oldmem and tell them
> to use /proc/vmcore instead?
>
> I am kind of inclined towards warning approarch. If there is any xyz
> /dev/oldmem user in the wild out there, he/she atleast gets a chance to
> migrate to /proc/vmcore.
>
This has been discussed ad nauseam at the Kernel Summit. It doesn't work.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-28 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-25 3:21 [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:21 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] /dev/oldmem: Remove the interface Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:24 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:26 ` [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:26 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 23:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-25 23:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-26 0:58 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-26 0:58 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-27 1:27 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-05-27 1:27 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-05-27 1:27 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-27 1:27 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-29 22:20 ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-29 22:20 ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-30 5:49 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-30 5:49 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:27 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:27 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:29 ` [PATCH 4/7] mips: Remove savemaxmem parameter setup Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:29 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:31 ` [PATCH 5/7] powerpc: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:31 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:33 ` [PATCH 6/7] ia64: Remove setting for saved_max_pfn Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:33 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:36 ` [PATCH 7/7] s390: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 3:36 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 7:11 ` [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-25 7:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-25 23:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-25 23:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-28 14:37 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-28 14:37 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-28 15:11 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-05-28 15:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-29 22:11 ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-29 22:11 ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-28 19:00 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-28 19:00 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-29 16:10 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-29 16:10 ` Vivek Goyal
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