Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

2020-05-11 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 5/8/20 1:06 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 7 May 2020 18:46:24 -0300 "Guilherme G. Piccoli" > wrote: > >> After a recent change introduced by Vlastimil's series [0], kernel is >> able now to handle sysctl parameters on kernel command line; also, the >> series introduced a simple infrastr

Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

2020-05-11 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 5/7/20 11:46 PM, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote: > After a recent change introduced by Vlastimil's series [0], kernel is > able now to handle sysctl parameters on kernel command line; also, the > series introduced a simple infrastructure to convert legacy boot > parameters (that duplicate sysctls) i

Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

2020-05-07 Thread Guilherme G. Piccoli
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 8:06 PM Andrew Morton wrote: > We have a lot of sysctls. What is the motivation for converting these > particular ones? No stronger motivation than a regular clean-up - I just liked the infrastructure provided by Vlastmil and thought in using it. I know we have plenty of s

Re: [PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

2020-05-07 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 7 May 2020 18:46:24 -0300 "Guilherme G. Piccoli" wrote: > After a recent change introduced by Vlastimil's series [0], kernel is > able now to handle sysctl parameters on kernel command line; also, the > series introduced a simple infrastructure to convert legacy boot > parameters (that

[PATCH] kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases

2020-05-07 Thread Guilherme G. Piccoli
After a recent change introduced by Vlastimil's series [0], kernel is able now to handle sysctl parameters on kernel command line; also, the series introduced a simple infrastructure to convert legacy boot parameters (that duplicate sysctls) into sysctl aliases. This patch converts the watchdog pa