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[v3,5/6] ramoops: Add max_reason optional field to ramoops DT node

Message ID 20200506211523.15077-6-keescook@chromium.org
State New
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Series [v3,1/6] printk: honor the max_reason field in kmsg_dumper | expand

Commit Message

Kees Cook May 6, 2020, 9:15 p.m. UTC 
From: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>

Currently, it is possible to dump kmsges for panic, or oops.
With max_reason it is possible to dump messages for other
kmesg_dump events, for example reboot, halt, shutdown, kexec.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200505154510.93506-6-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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 .../devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
index 0eba562fe5c6..b7886fea368c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@  Optional properties:
 - ecc-size: enables ECC support and specifies ECC buffer size in bytes
   (defaults to 0: no ECC)
 
-- record-size: maximum size in bytes of each dump done on oops/panic
+- record-size: maximum size in bytes of each kmsg dump.
   (defaults to 0: disabled)
 
 - console-size: size in bytes of log buffer reserved for kernel messages
@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@  Optional properties:
 - unbuffered: if present, use unbuffered mappings to map the reserved region
   (defaults to buffered mappings)
 
-- no-dump-oops: if present, only dump panics (defaults to panics and oops)
+- max-reason: if present, sets maximum type of kmsg dump reasons to store
+  (defaults to 2: log Oopses and Panics). This can be set to INT_MAX to
+  store all kmsg dumps. See include/linux/kmsg_dump.h KMSG_DUMP_* for other
+  kmsg dump reason values. Setting this to 0 (KMSG_DUMP_UNDEF), means the
+  reason filtering will be controlled by the printk.always_kmsg_dump boot
+  param: if unset, it will be KMSG_DUMP_OOPS, otherwise KMSG_DUMP_MAX.
+
+- no-dump-oops: deprecated, use max_reason instead. If present, and
+  max_reason is not specified, it is equivalent to max_reason = 1
+  (KMSG_DUMP_PANIC).
 
 - flags: if present, pass ramoops behavioral flags (defaults to 0,
   see include/linux/pstore_ram.h RAMOOPS_FLAG_* for flag values).