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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:28:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com> To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, mst@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jasowang@...hat.com, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, edumazet@...gle.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v5] fault-injection: introduce kvmalloc fallback options On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 25-04-18 18:42:57, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, James Bottomley wrote: > [...] > > > Kconfig proliferation, conversely, is a bit of a nightmare from both > > > the user and the tester's point of view, so we're trying to avoid it > > > unless absolutely necessary. > > > > > > James > > > > I already offered that we don't need to introduce a new kernel option and > > we can bind this feature to any other kernel option, that is enabled in > > the debug kernel, for example CONFIG_DEBUG_SG. Michal said no and he said > > that he wants a new kernel option instead. > > Just for the record. I didn't say I _want_ a config option. Do not > misinterpret my words. I've said that a config option would be > acceptable if there is no way to deliver the functionality via kernel > package automatically. You haven't provided any argument that would > explain why the kernel package cannot add a boot option. Maybe there are > some but I do not see them right now. AFAIK Grub doesn't load per-kernel options from a per-kernel file. Even if we hacked grub scripts to add this option, other distributions won't. Mikulas
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