From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E077EC64E7C for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 03:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D0120757 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 03:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726878AbgK3DKQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:10:16 -0500 Received: from mga18.intel.com ([134.134.136.126]:15684 "EHLO mga18.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726712AbgK3DKQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:10:16 -0500 IronPort-SDR: AzEY6v4+ISaMA4o15aA7H/1PuZVxqIReFoByMtxTVC2h2W7+FlnNnZpqp5TfM3nbkvgrZFZD/j H10cC2lrCDWA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9820"; a="160346974" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,379,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="160346974" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 29 Nov 2020 19:08:35 -0800 IronPort-SDR: 5AcvkbbkvEdLh4qRxE1Jn1UFWC0eqLHkMMq33U5xWb/bHELItUBHh4u2adm6K+P0QRlp5SOAds uRa0lt2IyiXw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,379,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="364032481" Received: from tassilo.jf.intel.com ([10.54.74.11]) by fmsmga004-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 29 Nov 2020 19:08:35 -0800 Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:08:28 -0800 From: Andi Kleen To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Petr Mladek , Sergey Senozhatsky , Steven Rostedt , John Ogness Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] clear_warn_once: add timed interval resetting Message-ID: <20201130030828.GA1363814@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <20201126063029.2030-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201126063029.2030-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 01:30:26AM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > But you currently can't make use of clear_warn_once unless you've got > debugfs enabled and mounted - which may not be desired by some people > in some deployment situations. Seems awfully special purpose. The problem with debugfs is security, or is it no convenient process that could do cron like functionality? If it's the first, perhaps what they really need is a way to get a partial debugfs? -Andi