linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] twist: allow converting pr_devel()/pr

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjW+_pjJzVRMuCbLhbWLkvEQVYJoXVBYGNW2PUgtX1fDw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 13:01:41 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] twist: allow converting pr_devel()/pr_debug() into snprintf()

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:50 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> I still don't understand why this small set of random options couldn't
> just be kernel options that get set on the command line, and that have
> independent and sane and explainable behavior? Why this odd mentality
> of "syzkaller is special"?

And just to clarify: the kernel option wouldn't be "syzcaller_twist"
or something insane like that.

It would be something like "kbd-disable-hotkeys" or whatever: actual
real text that says what it does.

             Linus