linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, RAS: Convert mce-inject module to debugfs

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:06:35 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	EDAC devel <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, RAS: Convert mce-inject module to debugfs

Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> writes:

> From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....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

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