linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Add config option for default panic_on

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Message-ID: <b597cc79-0f8a-c32d-397e-0c04777e9491@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 17:06:35 -0500
From:   Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Add config option for default panic_on_oom value

On 5/11/22 16:56, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 11 May 2022 13:34:00 -0500 Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> Add the option to kconfig and set the default panic_on_value.
> Why?  What are the use-cases and how does this benefit our users?

If a distribution (for example some embedded system distribution) wants 
the system to always panic when OOM, they may as well configure their 
kernel to do it by default, rather than writing to 
/proc/sys/vm/panic_on_oom every boot. Maybe I'm missing another way to 
do what I want here?

Thanks,

Eddie