Re: [PATCH] add blockconsole version 1.1

[JÃrn Engel]

On Wed, 25 July 2012 09:17:09 +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> 
> As far as I know there is nothing like netpoll in the block layer so it has to 
> be a lot less reliable than netconsole. Especially with delaying write out to 
> a workqueue. Anyway, I am not arguing, just saying in my opinion those caveats 
> are worth documenting.
...
> My point was that it's reliability will differ depending on the block device 
> in use, which is unlike netconsole. Again I am not arguing against the 
> feature, but if you don't see things like these are worth documenting I give 
> up.

I have nothing against documenting things.  Can you suggest something
better than "reliability of blockconsole will depend on the
reliability of the underlying storage layer", which sounds rather
obvious?

JÃrn

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