netdev - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: pcie: add enable_device

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:12:51 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>, verdre@...d.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: pcie: add enable_device_dump module parameter

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 3:58 PM Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The devicve_dump may take a little bit long time and users may want to
> disable the dump for daily usage.
>
> This commit adds a new module parameter enable_device_dump and disables
> the device_dump by default.

As with one of your other patches, please don't change the defaults
and hide them under a module parameter. If you're adding a module
parameter, leave the default behavior alone.

This also seems like something that might be nicer as a user-space
knob in generic form (similar to "/sys/class/devcoredump/disabled",
except on a per-device basis, and fed back to the driver so it doesn't
waste time generating such dumps), but I suppose I can see why a
module parameter (so you can just stick your configuration in
/etc/modprobe.d/) might be easier to deal with in some cases.

Brian