Re: [Nbd] [RFC 4/4] nbd: Add support for nbd as root device
- To: Markus Pargmann <mpa@...1897...>
- Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net, Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>, Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@...124...>
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] [RFC 4/4] nbd: Add support for nbd as root device
- From: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@...3...>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:58:03 +0100
- Message-id: <20150226155803.GA7986@...3...>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 04:51:57PM +0100, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 05:40:39PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Possibly. On the other hand, having a debugging aid (when things are
> > broken) is never a bad thing, no?
>
> No, but then it should be in /sys/kernel/debug to make it clear that
> this is only a debugging aid and should not be used in production as a
> simple way to store the pid of a process.
Mmm. I'm not convinced, but it's your call.
> > I don't konw about you, but I'm not ready to guarantee that I'll never
> > make any mistake ;-)
>
> No, of course that's impossible. The pid file will stay for the
> moment, but maybe some real debug information in debugfs would be
> better.
Right.
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