linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: Move non-debug attributes out of debugfs

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Message-ID: <7d9679e9-6d1a-bb08-dbcc-acb833bd5fd8@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:29:50 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     kyle-meyer <kyle.meyer@....com>, dimitri.sivanich@....com,
        steve.wahl@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, tony.luck@...el.com, qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com,
        yazen.ghannam@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: Move non-debug attributes out of debugfs

On 3/23/23 13:22, kyle-meyer wrote:
> From: Kyle Meyer <kyle.meyer@....com>
> 
> When kernel lockdown is in effect, use of debugfs is not permitted. Move
> decay_interval and action_threshold out of debugfs, from debugfs/ras/cec
> to sysfs/system/devices/machinecheck/cec.

You forgot to attach the patch that you wrote that updates
Documentation/ABI/. ;)

Also, why *should* these be part of the stable sysfs ABI?  What app is
using them?  Why does it need them?  Why these two and only these two?
What's left in debugfs?