linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/21] Add Qualcomm Minidump kernel driver related support

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Message-ID: <29af84dc-7db8-0c43-07b6-eb743cf25e57@linaro.org>
Date:   Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:29:18 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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        konrad.dybcio@...aro.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
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        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        andy.shevchenko@...il.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
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        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/21] Add Qualcomm Minidump kernel driver related
 support

On 30/06/2023 18:04, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>>
>>> We don't add layers when they are not needed, and never when there is no
>>> actual user.  If you need the extra "complexity" later, then add it
>>> later when it is needed as who knows when that will ever be.
>>>
>>> Please redo this series based on that, thanks.
>>
>> My bigger issue with this whole series is what would this all look
>> like if every SoC vendor upstreamed their own custom dumping
>> mechanism. That would be a mess. (I have similar opinions on the
>> $soc-vendor hypervisors.)

Mukesh,

LPC CFP is still open. There will be also Android and Kernel Debugging
LPC microconference tracks. Coming with a unified solution could be a
great topic for LPC. Solutions targeting only one user are quite often
frowned upon.

Best regards,
Krzysztof