linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] qemu: Implement virtio-pstore device

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Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:23:36 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...zon.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        "Daniel P . Berrange" <berrange@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] qemu: Implement virtio-pstore device

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:50:03AM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 07:05:47PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 06:57:10PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 05:07:43PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > > +
> > > > +/* the index should match to the type value */
> > > > +static const char *virtio_pstore_file_prefix[] = {
> > > > +    "unknown-",		/* VIRTIO_PSTORE_TYPE_UNKNOWN */
> > > 
> > > Is there value in treating everything unexpected as "unknown"
> > > and rotating them as if they were logs?
> > > It might be better to treat everything that's not known
> > > as guest error.
> > 
> > I was thinking about the version mismatch between the kernel and qemu.
> > I'd like to make the device can deal with a new kernel version which
> > might implement a new pstore message type.  It will be saved as
> > unknown but the kernel can read it properly later.
> 
> Well it'll have a different prefix. E.g. if kernel has
> two different types they will end up in the same
> file, hardly what was wanted.

Right, I think it needs to add 'type' info to the filename for unknown
type.

Thanks,
Namhyung