linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] clear_warn_once: bind a timer to written reset value

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Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:36:47 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] clear_warn_once: bind a timer to written reset
 value

On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:17:59 -0500
Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> > Anyway, would there ever be a need to have it cleared in less than 1 minute
> > intervals?  
> 
> I don't think so - as I said in another follow up from last week:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201127174316.GA11748@windriver.com/
> 
> I'd also indicated in the above that I'd be fine with adding a minimum
> of 1m if people feel better about that.  Also maybe moving the units to
> minutes instead of seconds helps implicitly convey the intended use
> better -- i.e. "don't be smashing on this every second" -- maybe that
> was your point as well - and I'd agree with that.

That was my second point. That is, why would anyone care about a
resolution in seconds for this?

-- Steve