Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] soc: fujitsu: Add A64FX diagnostic interrupt driver

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 4:21 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 04:17:16PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 3:32 PM Daniel Thompson
> > <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 05:44:55PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > >
> > > There is some prior art for this sort of feature. AFAICT SGI UV has a
> > > similar mechanism that can send an NMI-with-no-side-channel to the
> > > kernel. The corresponding driver offers a range of actions using a
> > > module parameter:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c#n180
> > >
> > > I don't think a hardcoded 'c' makes any sense. With a hardcoded argument
> > > it is just obfuscation. However it is certainly seems attractive to be
> > > able to reuse handle_sysrq() to provide a more powerful set of actions.
> >
> > How about a module parameter that allows picking a sysrq character then?
>
> Module parameters are so 1990, as this is a platform device, why not get
> it from DT?

This machine doesn't use DT. I suppose the same could be done with an EFI
variable, but with a module parameter you get the added benefit of having both
a boot time kernel command line argument, and the option to override it at
run time.

         Arnd