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Date:   Sun, 16 Jan 2022 21:11:29 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
To:     "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@igalia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] notifier/panic: Introduce panic_notifier_filter
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On 01/08/22 at 12:34pm, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
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> So, this patch aims to ease this decision: we hereby introduce a filter
> for the panic notifier list, in which users may select specifically
> which callbacks they wish to run, allowing a safer kdump. The allowlist
> should be provided using the parameter "panic_notifier_filter=a,b,..."
> where a, b are valid callback names. Invalid symbols are discarded.
> 
> Currently up to 16 symbols may be passed in this list, we consider
> that this numbers allows enough flexibility (and no matter what
> architecture is used, at most 30 panic callbacks are registered).
> In an experiment using a qemu x86 virtual machine, by default only
> six callbacks are registered in the panic notifier list.
> Once a valid callback name is provided in the list, such function
> is allowed to be registered/unregistered in the panic_notifier_list;
> all other panic callbacks are ignored. Notice that this filter is
> only for the panic notifiers and has no effect in the other notifiers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@igalia.com>

This patch looks good to me, thx.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>