linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 0/8] pstore: ramoops: support multiple pmsg instances

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:47:19 +0000
From:   岩松信洋 / IWAMATSU，NOBUHIRO 
        <nobuhiro.iwamatsu.kw@...achi.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:     Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        "Tony Luck" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "cti.systems-productivity-manager.ts@...achi.com" 
        <cti.systems-productivity-manager.ts@...achi.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 0/8] pstore: ramoops: support multiple pmsg instances

Hi, Kees.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: keescook@...gle.com [mailto:keescook@...gle.com] On Behalf Of Kees
> Cook
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 7:24 AM
> To: 岩松信洋 / IWAMATSU，NOBUHIRO
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov; Colin Cross; Tony Luck; LKML;
> cti.systems-productivity-manager.ts@...achi.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] pstore: ramoops: support multiple pmsg instances
> 
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
> <nobuhiro.iwamatsu.kw@...achi.com> wrote:
> > The following series implements multiple pmsg. This feature allows
> > userspace program to control individual content aging or priority.
> >
> > If a pstore backend module(e.g. ramoops) requires the multiple pmsg
> > instances when registering itself to pstore, multiple /dev/pmsg[ID]
> > are created. Writes to each /dev/pmsg[ID] are isolated each other.
> > After reboot, the contents are available in
> /sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-[backend]-[ID].
> >
> > In addition, we add multiple pmsg support for ramoops. We can specify
> > multiple pmsg area size by its module parameter as follows.
> >
> >  pmsg_size=0x1000,0x2000,...
> >
> > I did check the operation of this feature on CycloneV (socfpga) Helio
> board.
> >
> > v3:
> >   Rebase to v4.8.
> >   Split patch.
> >   merged device_create().
> >   Remove Blank lines.
> >   Update documentiation of DT binding.
> >   Update parsing function of ramoops_pmsg_size, add NULL termination.
> >   Update module parameters for pmsg_size list.
> 
> Thanks for this v3! Sorry for the delay, I should be able to review this
> shortly.

Thank you.
I will wait for your review.

> 
> -Kees
> 

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro

> >
> > Hiraku Toyooka (2):
> >   pstore: support multiple pmsg instances
> >   selftests/pstore: add testcases for multiple pmsg instances
> >
> > Nobuhiro Iwamatsu (6):
> >   pstore: Replace four kzalloc() calls by kcalloc() in
> ramoops_init_przs()
> >   pstore: Change parameter of ramoops_free_przs()
> >   ramoops: Add __ramoops_init_prz() as generic function
> >   pstore: Rename 'przs' to 'dprzs' in struct ramoops_context
> >   ramoops: Rename ramoops_init_prz() to ramoops_init_dprzs()
> >   ramoops: support multiple pmsg instances
> >
> >  .../bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt           |   6 +-
> >  Documentation/ramoops.txt                          |  22 ++
> >  fs/pstore/pmsg.c                                   |  23 +-
> >  fs/pstore/ram.c                                    | 344
> ++++++++++++++++-----
> >  include/linux/pstore.h                             |   1 +
> >  include/linux/pstore_ram.h                         |   8 +-
> >  tools/testing/selftests/pstore/common_tests        |  21 +-
> >  .../selftests/pstore/pstore_post_reboot_tests      |  27 +-
> >  tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests        |  14 +-
> >  9 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.9.3
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Kees Cook
> Nexus Security