linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] ramoops: use pstore interface

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jL-QP6LUqc_JY-JevNbrsRUpiP337pfUH4m1CA-+jm_RQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:51:29 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	shuahkhan@...il.com, Matt Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] ramoops: use pstore interface

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com> wrote:
>> First of all ramoops was born mainly for debug purpose and to help the
>> maintainability of a product. I used it in systems where the uptime (so
>> no reboot) was important. So it can be very useful for me load the
>> module, gather logs and unload it for example. A kernel panic is not
>> recoverable so the reboot is needed but it's not always true for a
>> kernel oops.
>>
>> Marco
>
> What is the status of this patch? Don't see it in 3.3 and haven't
> checked 3.4-rc1 yet.

Hi,

I've been hoping it would get into 3.4. It's in the -mm tree, and has
been living in linux-next for a while. I'm not sure why it hasn't been
merged into Linus's tree yet. Andrew, is there a reason it hasn't been
merged?

http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=132692455101733&w=4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=07eff225ead22b21fe5aba32cd2695248a9e4d1f

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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