Re: [PATCH 3/3] kernel/hung_task convert hung_task_panic boot parameter to sysctl

On 3/31/20 12:27 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
...

Patches 2+3 are only about handling the legacy boot params that have a sysctl
counterpart.

OK, I misread what those were for.

quoted

In fact, the sysctl_aliases[] is (or could be) effectively the whitelist that Luis Chamberlain
was requesting in another thread. A whitelist makes good sense, for the reasons Luis listed.
As such, keeping it limited to items that we want, seems like the way to go, IMHO.

See my reply there once I send it :)

Saw that, and it all sounds good now.


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA