Re: [PATCH] blk-mq: remove blk_mq_hw_sysfs_cpus

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On 8/16/19 1:48 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> It is reported that sysfs buffer overflow can be triggered in case
> of too many CPU cores(>841 on 4K PAGE_SIZE) when showing CPUs in
> blk_mq_hw_sysfs_cpus_show().
> 
> This info isn't useful, given users may retrieve the CPU list
> from sw queue entries under same kobject dir, so far not see
> any active users.
> 
> So remove the entry as suggested by Greg.

I think that's a bit frivolous, there could very well be scripts or
apps that use it. Let's just fix the overflow.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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