From: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:28:26 -0400
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:35:06AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: >> If the sender side can wait for retransmission, why can't we use >> userspace programs (e.g. rsyslogd)? > > Because the system may be oopsing, ooming or threshing excessively > rendering the userland inoperable and that's exactly when we want > those log messages to be transmitted out of the system. If userland cannot run properly, it is almost certain that neither will your complex reliability layer logic. I tend to agree with Tetsuo, that in-kernel netconsole should remain as simple as possible and once it starts to have any smarts and less trivial logic the job belongs in userspace. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
