From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9258D7D08A for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:20:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726267AbfBZLUg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:20:36 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52080 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726115AbfBZLUg (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:20:36 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 16983206B8; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:20:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1551180035; bh=FcRxEM0Yzwi9u5pEgsiYMNy/dyfF27NhAUCiHa/VuFE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=OwPJGm6wyVjbTPz2tKRUHGe1fh2a0X0DIeU115eUH82uswmUXoTGuv2DbdUWj8RjO MtXyIo6uFiknwgqagL9+6MtEjlonk6eWutOTuNhKIdY/hzuN8MNBmPvi64QMNY9Oov a+OEFVx9ap1WjXTjyEP926FHwgadVguE7pzDZI7I= Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:20:33 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: liaoweixiong Cc: Kees Cook , Anton Vorontsov , Colin Cross , Tony Luck , Jonathan Corbet , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , "David S. Miller" , Nicolas Ferre , Arnd Bergmann , Rob Herring , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC v10 0/4] pstore/block: new support logger for block devices Message-ID: <20190226112033.GA16900@kroah.com> References: <1551162825-28943-1-git-send-email-liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1551162825-28943-1-git-send-email-liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 02:33:41PM +0800, liaoweixiong wrote: > Why should we need pstore_block? > 1. Most embedded intelligent equipment have no persistent ram, which > increases costs. We perfer to cheaper solutions, like block devices. > In fast, there is already a sample for block device logger in driver > MTD (drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c). > 2. Do not any equipment have battery, which means that it lost all data > on general ram if power failure. Pstore has little to do for these > equipments. > > [PATCH v10] Why are you still labeling these as "RFC"? No one should actually be applying a Request For Comments patchset, as you obviously are not thinking it is ready to be merged :( After 10 revisions, I hope you are confident in this patchset :) thanks, greg k-h