Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757203AbZANKhq (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:37:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753868AbZANKhf (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:37:35 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:53579 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753854AbZANKhe (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:37:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:37:27 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alain Knaff Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner , Al Viro Subject: Re: The policy on initramfs decompression failure Message-ID: <20090114103727.GA2913@elte.hu> References: <496D17F9.8080605@zytor.com> <496D20FB.5010307@knaff.lu> <20090114054022.GA11153@elte.hu> <496D8E0D.5090401@knaff.lu> <20090114074852.GB16274@elte.hu> <496DA0FF.2060206@knaff.lu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <496DA0FF.2060206@knaff.lu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1501 Lines: 37 * Alain Knaff wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Alain Knaff wrote: > > > >> Ingo Molnar wrote: > >>> And your argument makes little sense: if there is something wrong then one > >>> looks at the logs _anyway_. > >> Unfortunately, not everybody has the knowledge or equipment ready to set > >> up a serial console... [...] > > > > By your argument the ton of warnings we emit in various situations are > > wrong too and all should be panic()s. > > That is not my argument. I never said something like that. I did not say that it is your argument, i said it is _by_ your argument: i.e. it is a logical extension of your argument. Exactly how is such a warning different from other warnings that the kernel already emits? For which people supposedly have to set up a serial console? (which they dont have to) Answer: it is not different, and it is exactly as hard or easy to find as the other ones. I.e. why should this warning get a special treatment? I already told the kernel that i dont want a gzip ramfs image decompressor by turning off the (otherwise default-enabled) option. panic()ing on that decision, overriding my decision and escallating it into a non-working system is silly and a bug. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/