From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Howells Subject: Re: [concept & "good taste" review] persistent store Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:46:32 +0000 Message-ID: <17027.1292841992@redhat.com> References: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> <4d0662e511688484b3@agluck-desktop.sc.intel.com> <4D0BEE1F.7020008@zytor.com> <20101219091752.GA16150@liondog.tnic> Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Huang Ying Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Tony Luck , Borislav Petkov , Tony Luck , Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mingo@elte.hu" , "greg@kroah.com" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , David Miller , Alan Cox , Jim Keniston , Kyungmin Park , Geert Uytterhoeven List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org Huang Ying wrote: > - for OOPS messages will not cause system panic, it will go to disk and > will not use up the persistent storage. You can't guarantee that an oops didn't just kill your ability to actually write your syslog to disk or out across the network. David From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48565 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753009Ab0LTKsE (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:48:04 -0500 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> References: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> <4d0662e511688484b3@agluck-desktop.sc.intel.com> <4D0BEE1F.7020008@zytor.com> <20101219091752.GA16150@liondog.tnic> Subject: Re: [concept & "good taste" review] persistent store Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:46:32 +0000 Message-ID: <17027.1292841992@redhat.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Huang Ying Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Tony Luck , Borislav Petkov , Tony Luck , Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mingo@elte.hu" , "greg@kroah.com" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , David Miller , Alan Cox , Jim Keniston , Kyungmin Park , Geert Uytterhoeven Message-ID: <20101220104632.hqylhLiHjco3ZWyognFzyCGGq0m2z_66bs7g4BvDLLY@z> Huang Ying wrote: > - for OOPS messages will not cause system panic, it will go to disk and > will not use up the persistent storage. You can't guarantee that an oops didn't just kill your ability to actually write your syslog to disk or out across the network. David