linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tiny: reverse logic for DISABLE_DEV

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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:01:19 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tiny: reverse logic for DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP

On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 06:18 +0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> > I've added this to the tiny/reverse-dev-coredump branch of my
> > tinification tree at
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/josh/linux.git/ , with
> > Johannes' review, and I'll push it upstream during the 3.19 merge
> > window.
> 
> I'll take it through the same tree this original came in and will get it
> into 3.18 so we don't confuse anyone with an odd config option.

I don't know how far this commit made it, but looking at it again now I
think the new option should probably be called "Allow device coredump"
rather than "Enable device coredump" since it doesn't actually enable it
if no drivers want it.

Should I send another patch on top?

johannes

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