linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi/ghes: Make ghes_panic

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Message-ID: <20250102083509.GAZ3ZPvcUhl9v6Kbp_@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 09:35:09 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...ux.alibaba.com>, rafael@...nel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi/ghes: Make ghes_panic_timeout adjustable as a
 parameter

On Thu, Jan 02, 2025 at 10:46:54AM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
> IIUC, the hardware error will be written out on non-volatile storage at
> the same time with or without ghes_panic_timeout overriding.  The
> difference is that after rebooting, the error information in
> non-volatile storage can be extracted and reported via UI, SNMP, or
> MCTP earlier.

... which basically makes this forceful rebooting even worse. The user can
reboot whenever she sees fit - not when by some questionable decision done by
kernel devs.

One more reason to whack this thing.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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