Re: KAISER: kexec triggers a warning

From: Eduardo Valentin
Date: Fri Dec 01 2017 - 11:39:04 EST


On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 04:37:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 07:31:36AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > The only question is whether we want to preserve _some_ kind of warning
> > there, or just axe it entirely.
>
> Right, my fear would be if we keep it, then we'd have to go and
> whitelist or somehow track those users which are an exception...
>
> OTOH, it might be prudent to have a warning to catch such abnormal
> situations...

But a warn like that on the kexec/kdump path can be scary for regular / unware users,
specially considering that kexec is almost common place for regular reboot.

>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
>

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All the best,
Eduardo Valentin