linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:19:35 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        corbet@....net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation

Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com> writes:
> On 26/08/19 4:14 PM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> On 8/26/19 3:46 PM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>>> On 8/26/19 3:29 PM, Hari Bathini wrote:
>>>> On 10/08/19 11:29 PM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>>>>> Add a sys interface to allow querying the memory reserved by
>>>>> fadump for saving the crash dump.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add an ABI doc entry for new sysfs interface.
>>>>>    - /sys/kernel/fadump_mem_reserved
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Changelog:
>>>>> v1 -> v2:
>>>>>   - Added ABI doc for new sysfs interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> v2 -> v3:
>>>>>   - Updated the ABI documentation.
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump    |  6 ++++++
>>>>
>>>> Shouldn't this be Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_mem_reserved?
>> 
>> How about documenting fadump_mem_reserved and other sysfs attributes suggested
>> by you in a single file Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump?
>
> I wouldn't mind that but please do check if it is breaking a convention..

AIUI a file named like that would hold the documentation for the files
inside a directory called /sys/kernel/fadump.

And in fact that's probably where these files should live, rather than
just dropped directly into /sys/kernel.

cheers