Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754895Ab0LTKsG (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:48:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48565 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753009Ab0LTKsE (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:48:04 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> References: <1292813234.8743.66.camel@yhuang-dev> <4d0662e511688484b3@agluck-desktop.sc.intel.com> <4D0BEE1F.7020008@zytor.com> <20101219091752.GA16150@liondog.tnic> To: Huang Ying Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Tony Luck , Borislav Petkov , Tony Luck , Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mingo@elte.hu" , "greg@kroah.com" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , David Miller , Alan Cox , Jim Keniston , Kyungmin Park , Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [concept & "good taste" review] persistent store Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:46:32 +0000 Message-ID: <17027.1292841992@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 539 Lines: 14 Huang Ying wrote: > - for OOPS messages will not cause system panic, it will go to disk and > will not use up the persistent storage. You can't guarantee that an oops didn't just kill your ability to actually write your syslog to disk or out across the network. David -- 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/