PSTORE codes has big change in mainline kernel v5.8.7 release version, which also supported saving system crash info to block device.
Fixes and new features for pstore.
This is a pretty big set of changes (relative to past pstore pulls),
but it has been in -next for a while. The biggest change here is the
ability to support a block device as a pstore backend, which has been
desired for a while. A lot of additional fixes and refactorings are
also included, mostly in support of the new features.
Merge tag 'pstore-v5.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull pstore updates from Kees Cook:
"Fixes and new features for pstore.
This is a pretty big set of changes (relative to past pstore pulls),
but it has been in -next for a while. The biggest change here is the
ability to support a block device as a pstore backend, which has been
desired for a while. A lot of additional fixes and refactorings are
also included, mostly in support of the new features.
- 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)
[Feature Description]
PSTORE codes has big change in mainline kernel v5.8.7 release version, which also supported saving system crash info to block device.
Fixes and new features for pstore.
This is a pretty big set of changes (relative to past pstore pulls),
but it has been in -next for a while. The biggest change here is the
ability to support a block device as a pstore backend, which has been
desired for a while. A lot of additional fixes and refactorings are
also included, mostly in support of the new features.
Related informaiton from Linux kernel mainline
commit 829f3b9401fe7cc 3c1f3642bb25207 51a42a87df
Merge: 81e8c10 78c0824
Author: Linus Torvalds <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Jun 1 12:07:34 2020 -0700
Merge tag 'pstore-v5.8-rc1' of git://git. kernel. org/pub/ scm/linux/ kernel/ git/kees/ linux
Pull pstore updates from Kees Cook:
"Fixes and new features for pstore.
This is a pretty big set of changes (relative to past pstore pulls),
but it has been in -next for a while. The biggest change here is the
ability to support a block device as a pstore backend, which has been
desired for a while. A lot of additional fixes and refactorings are
also included, mostly in support of the new features.
- 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)"
Target Kernel: TBD
Target Release: 20.10
[HW/SW Information]
Platform independent
[Business Justification]
Function enabling