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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/2] misc: pvpanic: introduce module parameter 'events'
On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 04:04:24PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 08/01/21 15:07, Greg KH wrote:
> > > static void __iomem *base;
> > > +static unsigned int events = PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED;
> > > +module_param(events, uint, 0644);
> > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(events, "set event limitation of pvpanic device");
> > I do not understand you wanting a module parameter as well as a sysfs
> > file. Why is this needed? Why are you spreading this information out
> > across different apis and locations?
>
> It can be useful to disable some functionality, for example in case you want
> to fake running on an older virtualization host. This can be done for
> debugging reasons, or to keep uniform handling across a fleet that is
> running different versions of QEMU.

And where is this all going to be documented?

And what's wrong with just making the sysfs attribute writable?

thanks,

greg k-h

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