linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] edac: Add a sysfs node to test the EDAC error report facility

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Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:33:09 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Edac Mailing List <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] edac: Add a sysfs node to test the EDAC error report
 facility

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:26:15PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Then please move it to debugfs, where debugging stuff belongs.
> 
> There are other edac error injection tools at sysfs. That's why I opted to keep
> it there - plus, I was too lazy[1] to learn about the debugfs bits at the time I
> wrote it, and adding a single node to sysfs were very trivial ;)

I have to agree with Greg here, all debug-related stuff (error injection
being somewhat related) should go to debugfs.

Thanks.

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