Fixes and new features for pstore
- refactor pstore locking for safer module unloading (Kees Cook)
- remove orphaned records from pstorefs when backend unloaded (Kees Cook)
- refactor dump_oops parameter into max_reason (Pavel Tatashin)
- introduce pstore/zone for common code for contiguous storage (WeiXiong Liao)
- introduce pstore/blk for block device backend (WeiXiong Liao)
- introduce mtd backend (WeiXiong Liao)
mtd: Support kmsg dumper based on pstore/blk
This introduces mtdpstore, which is similar to mtdoops but more
powerful. It uses pstore/blk, and aims to store panic and oops logs to
a flash partition, where pstore can later read back and present as files
in the mounted pstore filesystem.
To make mtdpstore work, the "blkdev" of pstore/blk should be set
as MTD device name or MTD device number. For more details, see
Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst
This solves a number of issues:
- Work duplication: both of pstore and mtdoops do the same job storing
panic/oops log. They have very similar logic, registering to kmsg
dumper and storing logs to several chunks one by one.
- Layer violations: drivers should provides methods instead of polices.
MTD should provide read/write/erase operations, and allow a higher
level drivers to provide the chunk management, kmsg dump
configuration, etc.
- Missing features: pstore provides many additional features, including
presenting the logs as files, logging dump time and count, and
supporting other frontends like pmsg, console, etc.
Signed-off-by: WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200511233229.27745-11-keescook@chromium.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1589266715-4168-1-git-send-email-liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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