Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] sysfs: Add attribute info for /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled

[Johannes Berg]

On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 09:00 -0700, Manish Mandlik wrote:
> This patch adds the specification for /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled
> attribute which allows the userspace to enable/disable devcoredump for a
> particular device and drivers can use it to enable/disable functionality
> accordingly. It is available when the CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled and
> driver has implemented the .coredump() callback.
> 

It would be nice to say _why_? What problem does this solve? You could
just create the dump and discard it, instead, for example?

johannes