linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kmsg_dump: adding to reboot, halt, poweroff and emergency

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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:17:11 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>
To:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	ext KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	"simon.kagstrom@...insight.net" <simon.kagstrom@...insight.net>,
	"David.Woodhouse@...el.com" <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	"anders.grafstrom@...insight.net" <anders.grafstrom@...insight.net>,
	"jason.wessel@...driver.com" <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	"jslaby@...e.cz" <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"jmorris@...ei.org" <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"eparis@...hat.com" <eparis@...hat.com>, "hch@....de" <hch@....de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kyungmin.park@...sung.com" <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
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	"namhyung@...il.com" <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Aaron Durbin <adurbin@...gle.com>,
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	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kmsg_dump: adding to reboot, halt, poweroff and
 emergency_restart path

On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 10:03 -0500, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> We need to know the reason why system rebooted in support service.
>  However, we can't inform our customers of the reason because
>  final messages are lost on current Linux kernel.
>  
>  This patch improves the situation above because the final messages 
>  are saved by adding kmsg_dump() to reboot, halt, poweroff and 
>  emergency_restart path.
> 
>  Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>

Looks ok,

Reviewed-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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