Messages in this thread | | | From | "Luck, Tony" <> | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:59:21 -0800 | Subject | RE: [PATCH -v10 0/4] Lock-less list |
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> > True story. And yet google folk still do that, unfortunately: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/10/419 > > I wouldn't worry about that too much - such uses are extremely isolated.
Google is just one user - but they have (so I hear) a large number of machines.
I would hazard a guess that there are other users that feel the same way - i.e. users with a large number of machines that move onto new kernel versions from time to time.
These users want a stable kernel->user ABI - and Google has stated quite clearly that "printk" doesn't meet their need. I think that they would be happy with some other stable solution than mcelog, but we might as well ask for their input before imposing something on them.
Mike: would you like to join the conversation on how to report errors - or nominate someone else to represent the Google point of view?
-Tony
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