linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] pstore: add debugfs support for causing dumps and panics

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Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:53:48 -0800
From:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
To:	dragos.tatulea@...el.com
Cc:	ccross@...roid.com, keescook@...omium.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
	octavian.purdila@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] pstore: add debugfs support for causing dumps and
 panics

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 02:06:00PM +0300, dragos.tatulea@...el.com wrote:
> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> 
> There are 2 debugfs files:
> 
> 	pstore/dump	writing a kmsg dump reason code
> 			will cause a dump to persistent
> 			storage
> 
> 	pstore/panic	writing anything will cause
> 			a panic
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> ---

Um... how is different from /proc/sysrq-trigger?.. At least sysrq has
'panic', and I guess it would be better to extend it if we need something
more than this.

Thanks,
Anton.
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