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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, X86-ML <x86@kernel.org>,
	EDAC devel <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, RAS: Convert mce-inject module to debugfs
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:06:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fw5csytg.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350399175-14477-4-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org> (Borislav Petkov's message of "Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:52:52 +0200")

Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> writes:

> From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
>
> This is a module which is used for debugging MCE decoding paths so its
> userspace interface should go to debugfs, where it belongs conceptually.
>
> While at it, add a warning to the Kconfig text that this interface is
> unstable and no userspace scripts should rely all too much on it.

Nack. You broke mce-test/mce-inject, aka existing userland which is not 
allowed in Linux.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-17 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-16 14:52 [PATCH -v2 0/6] AMD MCE injection improvs Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 1/6] x86, RAS: Add a barebones RAS subtree Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 2/6] x86, RAS: Move AMD MCE injection code into ras/ Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, RAS: Convert mce-inject module to debugfs Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 15:41   ` Joe Perches
2012-10-16 16:39     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-17 19:06   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2012-10-17 20:02     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 4/6] x86, RAS: Add function enabling direct writes to MCE MSRs Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 17:59   ` Joe Perches
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 5/6] x86, RAS: Add attributes needed for HW injection Borislav Petkov
2012-10-16 14:52 ` [PATCH -v2 6/6] x86, RAS: Add an injector function Borislav Petkov

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