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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:01:46 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support setting sysctl parameters from kernel
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On Wed 15-04-20 10:56:35, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 4/15/20 5:23 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > Hi Vlastimil,
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:32:19 +0200
> > Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
> > 
> >> This series adds support for something that seems like many people always
> >> wanted but nobody added it yet, so here's the ability to set sysctl parameters
> >> via kernel command line options in the form of sysctl.vm.something=1
> > 
> > Sounds good. And would you consider to use the bootconfig instead of (or
> > in addition to) the kernel command line, because it is too short to describe
> > the sysctl options?
> 
> "Instead of" - no, as that would defeat the scenario of "I just want to set this
> one sysctl in grub  (possibly interactively) and not update initrd for that". If
> constructing bootconfig is of similar effort of loading sysctl.conf from initrd,
> then I see little benefit?
> 
> "in addition to" - sure! but I hoped that's what already happens as it seemed to
> me that options from bootconfig are appended to the command line that's then
> parsed by everyone else, no? But I'll try it to be sure.

Completely agreed!

Btw. patches look sensible to me so feel free to add
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs