#5317 BLOC Update.: machine cannot boot after filling nand

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#5317: machine cannot boot after filling nand
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  Reporter:  tomeu    |       Owner:  dwmw2           
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new             
  Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  Update.2 (8.2.0)
 Component:  kernel   |     Version:                  
Resolution:           |    Keywords:                  
  Verified:  0        |    Blocking:  7125            
 Blockedby:           |  
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Comment(by dsaxena):

 Replying to [comment:5 dwmw2]:
 > Most of the code there is adding this:
 >
 > {{{
 > rpsize=<size> - size of reserved pool in KiB
 > rpuid=<uid> - UID of the user who is allowed to use the reserved pool
 >               (root by default)
 > rpgid=<gid> - GID of the user who is allowed to use the reserved pool
 >               (root by default)
 > }}}
 >
 > I don't think we need the ability to muck with the uid/gid -- it's just
 the extra reserved space we want to tune. And in fact we want to tune the
 other, normal, thresholds too. I'd rather expose _those_ by sysfs and just
 add one more for root vs. non-root on ALLOC_NORMAL.
 >
 > Will take a look shortly.


 David,

 Which specific other thresholds do you mean here?

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