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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-08-05 23:52:52 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-08-05 23:52:52 -0400 |
commit | a02040d8d5d533773f98e02e1a8e56db5fa7a363 (patch) | |
tree | 5b490abce2688f80a9732346cf08127bbb48a3e3 /Documentation | |
parent | 0603006b450004213eeed22d4fbcc103c994c2e6 (diff) | |
parent | e976e56423dc1cc01686861fc3e0c6c0ec8cd8b7 (diff) |
Merge tag 'pstore-v4.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull pstore fixes from Kees Cook:
"Fixes for pstore ramoops driver to catch bad kfree() and to use better
DT bindings"
* tag 'pstore-v4.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
ramoops: use persistent_ram_free() instead of kfree() for freeing prz
ramoops: use DT reserved-memory bindings
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt) | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ramoops.txt | 38 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt index cd02cec67d38..e81f821a2135 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Ramoops oops/panic logger ========================= ramoops provides persistent RAM storage for oops and panics, so they can be -recovered after a reboot. It is a backend to pstore, so this node is named -"ramoops" after the backend, rather than "pstore" which is the subsystem. +recovered after a reboot. This is a child-node of "/reserved-memory", and +is named "ramoops" after the backend, rather than "pstore" which is the +subsystem. Parts of this storage may be set aside for other persistent log buffers, such as kernel log messages, or for optional ECC error-correction data. The total @@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ Required properties: - compatible: must be "ramoops" -- memory-region: phandle to a region of memory that is preserved between - reboots +- reg: region of memory that is preserved between reboots Optional properties: diff --git a/Documentation/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/ramoops.txt index 9264bcab4099..26b9f31cf65a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ramoops.txt +++ b/Documentation/ramoops.txt @@ -45,18 +45,34 @@ corrupt, but usually it is restorable. 2. Setting the parameters -Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in 3 different manners: - 1. Use the module parameters (which have the names of the variables described - as before). - For quick debugging, you can also reserve parts of memory during boot - and then use the reserved memory for ramoops. For example, assuming a machine - with > 128 MB of memory, the following kernel command line will tell the - kernel to use only the first 128 MB of memory, and place ECC-protected ramoops - region at 128 MB boundary: +Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners: + + A. Use the module parameters (which have the names of the variables described + as before). For quick debugging, you can also reserve parts of memory during + boot and then use the reserved memory for ramoops. For example, assuming a + machine with > 128 MB of memory, the following kernel command line will tell + the kernel to use only the first 128 MB of memory, and place ECC-protected + ramoops region at 128 MB boundary: "mem=128M ramoops.mem_address=0x8000000 ramoops.ecc=1" - 2. Use Device Tree bindings, as described in - Documentation/device-tree/bindings/misc/ramoops.txt. - 3. Use a platform device and set the platform data. The parameters can then + + B. Use Device Tree bindings, as described in + Documentation/device-tree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt. + For example: + + reserved-memory { + #address-cells = <2>; + #size-cells = <2>; + ranges; + + ramoops@8f000000 { + compatible = "ramoops"; + reg = <0 0x8f000000 0 0x100000>; + record-size = <0x4000>; + console-size = <0x4000>; + }; + }; + + C. Use a platform device and set the platform data. The parameters can then be set through that platform data. An example of doing that is: #include <linux/pstore_ram.h> |