linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] devcoredump: Add dev_coredumpm

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:02:37 +0200
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To: José Roberto de Souza <jose.souza@...el.com>, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-xe@...ts.freedesktop.org, Greg
 Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>, Mukesh Ojha
 <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>,  Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cavitt@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] devcoredump: Add dev_coredumpm_timeout()

On Tue, 2024-06-11 at 10:47 -0700, José Roberto de Souza wrote:
> Add function to set a custom coredump timeout.
> 
> For Xe driver usage, current 5 minutes timeout may be too short for
> users to search and understand what needs to be done to capture
> coredump to report bugs.
> 
> We have plans to automate(distribute a udev script) it but at the end
> will be up to distros and users to pack it so having a option to
> increase the timeout is a safer option.
> 
> v2:
> - replace dev_coredump_timeout_set() by dev_coredumpm_timeout() (Mukesh)
> 
> v3:
> - make dev_coredumpm() static inline (Johannes)
> 
> v5:
> - rename DEVCOREDUMP_TIMEOUT -> DEVCD_TIMEOUT to avoid redefinition
> in include/net/bluetooth/coredump.h
> 
> v6:
> - fix definition of dev_coredumpm_timeout() when CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP
> is disabled

Got to v6, heh.

I still don't think this is _right_, but I guess I'm OK with giving you
rope to hang yourself ;-)

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>

Seems like you really should've CC'ed Greg though since these things
usually went through his tree, so if you want to take them through yours
he really should be at least aware ...

johannes