Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] Additional kmsg devices

2016-02-26 Thread Petr Mladek
On Fri 2016-02-26 14:22:42, Kazimierz Krosman wrote: > On 02/25/2016 10:47 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: > >I'm not sure this is the right layer to implement generic logging > >facility. > In general this patches add only one feature- possibility of adding > and deleting > new kmsg devices, so I think that

Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] Additional kmsg devices

2016-02-26 Thread Kazimierz Krosman
On 02/25/2016 10:47 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: I'm not sure this is the right layer to implement generic logging facility. In general this patches add only one feature- possibility of adding and deleting new kmsg devices, so I think that it can be treated as kmsg upgrade. 2. Using kmsg can cause

Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] Additional kmsg devices

2016-02-25 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Kazimierz. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:53:13PM +0100, Kazimierz Krosman wrote: > 1. kmsg device does not require maintenance by reader process side. > Multiple writers can write to a device and new records overwrite logs saved > earlier. > When system crashes logs can be restored with