linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

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Message-ID: <CALJn8nMwQfHdXAQHHqnWA7GxeAN43wG2W42uF6uaHQ--Z40xOw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 23:17:19 -0300
From:   "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <kernel@...ccoli.net>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        vbabka@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot
 parameters to sysctl aliases

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 8:06 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> We have a lot of sysctls.  What is the motivation for converting these
> particular ones?

No stronger motivation than a regular clean-up - I just liked the
infrastructure provided by Vlastmil and thought in using it. I know we
have plenty of sysctls, but not all of them have identical/duplicate
boot params, so I went with the obvious ones, that I use more.
Cheers,

Guilherme