linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 0/2]efi_pstore: Avoid missing panic message in NVRAM

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Message-ID: <A5ED84D3BB3A384992CBB9C77DEDA4D401AAC3@USINDEM103.corp.hds.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:33:57 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luck, Tony (tony.luck@...el.com)" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"mikew@...gle.com" <mikew@...gle.com>,
	"Matthew Garrett (mjg@...hat.com)" <mjg@...hat.com>,
	"dzickus@...hat.com" <dzickus@...hat.com>
CC:	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 0/2]efi_pstore: Avoid missing panic message in NVRAM

[Problem]
Current efi_pstore simply overwrites existing entries in NVRAM.
So, if 2nd panic happens before a user checks 1st panic message, 1st panic message will be lost.

[Solution]
To avoid missing 1st panic message, this patch introduce a rule checking if existing entries in NRAM are erasable to efi_pstore.

[Patch Descriptions]

 [PATCH 1/2] Duplicate a shared code between write and erase callbacks  

  Currently, efi_pstore driver shares a code erasing existing entries in NVRAM with write and erase callbacks.
  But there some cases we should avoid erasing existing entries in write callback. (Please see PATCH 2/2).
  This patch duplicates the code so that write and erase callbacks work independently. 

 [PATCH 2/2] write callback: Check if existing entry is erasable

  this patch introduce a rule checking if existing entries in NRAM are erasable to efi_pstore.
  With this patch, if previous event is panic, efi_pstore never overwrite it.

  drivers/firmware/efivars.c |   94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  fs/pstore/platform.c       |    4 +-
  include/linux/pstore.h     |    5 ++
  3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

 Seiji
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