linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm -v2] x86 boot : export boot

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:46:13 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm -v2] x86 boot : export boot_params via sysfs

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:59:51PM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
> This patch export the boot parameters via sysfs. This can be used for
> debugging and kexec.
> 
> The files added are as follow:
> 
> /sys/kernel/boot_params/data	: binary file for struct boot_params
> /sys/kernel/boot_params/version	: boot protocol version
> 
> This patch is based on 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 and has been tested on i386 and
> x86_64 platoform.
> 
> This patch is based on the Peter Anvin's proposal.

As outlined in a previous email, I object to the whole structure being
exported to userspace as a binary blob.  Please change that.

thanks,

greg k-h
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