linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation

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Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:29:51 +0530
From:   Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        corbet@....net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: sysfs for fadump memory reservation



On 10/08/19 11:29 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>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v1 -> v2:
>   - Added ABI doc for new sysfs interface.
> 
> v2 -> v3:
>   - Updated the ABI documentation.
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump    |  6 ++++++

Shouldn't this be Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_mem_reserved?

> +++ 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 save the crash dump.

Split this up into a separate patch and have ABI documentation for
fadump_reserved & fadump_registered as well..

Thanks
Hari