linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Add SCSI error events, sent as kobject uevents by mid-layer

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Message-ID: <c0865d5a-12ba-425c-af5a-1da1a06ce426@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:39:00 -0700
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To: Salomon Dushimirimana <salomondush@...gle.com>,
 "James E . J . Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
 "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Add SCSI error events, sent as kobject uevents by
 mid-layer

On 4/22/25 11:17 AM, Salomon Dushimirimana wrote:
> A per-device ratelimiting mechanism is added to prevent flooding
> userspace during persistent error conditions. The ratelimit is checked
> before scheduling the event work.

Isn't the above an argument to use ftrace instead of uevents to
send this information to user space?

Thanks,

Bart.