On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 06:03:37PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 09:00 -0700, Manish Mandlik wrote: > > This patch adds the specification for /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled > > attribute which allows the userspace to enable/disable devcoredump for a > > particular device and drivers can use it to enable/disable functionality > > accordingly. It is available when the CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled and > > driver has implemented the .coredump() callback. > > > > It would be nice to say _why_? What problem does this solve? You could > just create the dump and discard it, instead, for example? Agreed, I do not understand the need for this at all. thanks, greg k-h
