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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 13:01:41 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] twist: allow converting pr_devel()/pr_debug() into snprintf()
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On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:50 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> I still don't understand why this small set of random options couldn't
> just be kernel options that get set on the command line, and that have
> independent and sane and explainable behavior? Why this odd mentality
> of "syzkaller is special"?

And just to clarify: the kernel option wouldn't be "syzcaller_twist"
or something insane like that.

It would be something like "kbd-disable-hotkeys" or whatever: actual
real text that says what it does.

             Linus