netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netconsole: add oops

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Message-ID: <509C0CCD.7020900@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:49:33 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netconsole: add oops_only module option

On 11/08/2012 05:42 AM, Cong Wang wrote:

> Some people wants to log only oops messages via netconsole,
> (this is also why netoops was invented)
> so add a module option for netconsole. This can be tuned
> via /sys/module/netconsole/parameters/oops_only at run time
> as well.
> 


Hi,

What does this do with panics?
Do they set oops_in_progress?

thanks.

> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> index b332112..6989ebe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static char config[MAX_PARAM_LENGTH];
>  module_param_string(netconsole, config, MAX_PARAM_LENGTH, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(netconsole, " netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[dev],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]");
>  
> +static bool oops_only = false;
> +module_param(oops_only, bool, 0600);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(oops_only, "Only log oops messages");
> +
>  #ifndef	MODULE
>  static int __init option_setup(char *opt)
>  {
> @@ -683,6 +687,8 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
>  	struct netconsole_target *nt;
>  	const char *tmp;
>  
> +	if (oops_only && !oops_in_progress)
> +		return;
>  	/* Avoid taking lock and disabling interrupts unnecessarily */
>  	if (list_empty(&target_list))
>  		return;
> --


-- 
~Randy
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