Re: [PATCH 3/3] kernel/hung_task convert hung_task_panic boot parameter to sysctl

John Hubbard
2020-03-31T15:49:31Z

On 3/31/20 12:27 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
...
> Patches 2+3 are only about handling the legacy boot params that have a sysctl
> counterpart.
>

OK, I misread what those were for.

>> In fact, the sysctl_aliases[] is (or could be) effectively the whitelist that Luis Chamberlain
>> was requesting in another thread. A whitelist makes good sense, for the reasons Luis listed.
>> As such, keeping it limited to items that we want, seems like the way to go, IMHO.
>
> See my reply there once I send it :)
>

Saw that, and it all sounds good now.

thanks,
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John Hubbard
NVIDIA