linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation

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Date:   Thu, 8 Aug 2019 16:47:48 +0530
From:   Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:     corbet@....net, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation



On 08/08/19 3:38 PM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> Add a sys interface to allow querying the memory reserved by
> fadump for saving the crash dump.
> 
> Add an ABI doc entry for new sysfs interface.
>    - /sys/kernel/fadump_mem_reserved
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
>   - Added ABI doc for new sysfs interface.
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump    |  6 ++++++
>  Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst |  5 +++++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c                     | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..003e2f025dcb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_mem_reserved
> +Date:		August 2019
> +Contact:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> +Description:	read only
> +		Provide information about the amount of memory
> +		reserved by fadump to saving the crash dump.

s/to saving/to save/

Rest looks good..

Thanks
Hari