linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH pstore-next v2 0/4] Refactor compression initialization

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Message-ID: <20181018220124.GA14768@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:01:24 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan@...eaurora.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH pstore-next v2 0/4] Refactor compression initialization

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 11:56:12AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Sai noticed pstore wasn't catching early crashes, so Joel fixed it
> by moving init earlier again (with compression init done later). I
> refactored things a bit to avoid modular build problems noticed by
> Guenter. And while doing this work, I also improved /proc/iomem labels
> after Dan helped me get NVDIMM working so I could meaningfully test the
> very early crash handling.
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> 

This version fixes the compile failure. pstore also still works with the
series applied on top of v4.19-rc8; tested on a Chromebook.

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>

Guenter

> -Kees
> 
> v2:
> - add init refactoring to avoid modular build failures.
> 
> 
> Joel Fernandes (Google) (1):
>   pstore: Allocate compression during late_initcall()
> 
> Kees Cook (3):
>   pstore: Centralize init/exit routines
>   pstore: Refactor compression initialization
>   pstore/ram: Clarify resource reservation labels
> 
>  fs/pstore/inode.c          | 11 +-----
>  fs/pstore/internal.h       |  5 ++-
>  fs/pstore/platform.c       | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  fs/pstore/ram.c            | 18 +++++++--
>  fs/pstore/ram_core.c       | 11 ++++--
>  include/linux/pstore_ram.h |  3 +-
>  6 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>