On 11/9/19 6:29 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 05:53:37PM +0530, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> As the number of FADump sysfs files increases it is hard to manage all of
>> them inside /sys/kernel directory. It's better to have all the FADump
>> related sysfs files in a dedicated directory /sys/kernel/fadump. But in
>> order to maintain the backward compatibility the /sys/kernel/fadump_*
>> sysfs files are replicated inside /sys/kernel/fadump/ and eventually get
>> removed in future.
>>
>> As the FADump sysfs files are now part of dedicated directory there is no
>> need to prefix their name with fadump_, hence sysfs file names are also
>> updated. For example fadump_enabled sysfs file is now referred as enabled.
>>
>> Also consolidate ABI documentation for all the FADump sysfs files in a
>> single file Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhj...@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c | 10 +++--
>> 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 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..a77f1a5ba389
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
>> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
>> +What: /sys/kernel/fadump/*
>> +Date: Nov 2019
>> +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> +Description:
>> + The /sys/kernel/fadump/* is a collection of FADump sysfs
>> + file provide information about the configuration status
>> + of Firmware Assisted Dump (FADump).
>> +
>> +What: /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled
>> +Date: Nov 2019
>> +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> +Description: read only
>> + Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
>> + the kernel or not.
>> +User: Kdump service
>> +
>> +What: /sys/kernel/fadump/registered
>> +Date: Nov 2019
>> +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> +Description: read/write
>> + Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
>> + Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
>> + dump and 0 to disable it.
>> +User: Kdump service
>> +
>> +What: /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
>> +Date: Nov 2019
>> +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> +Description: write only
>> + This is a special sysfs file and only available when
>> + the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
>> + It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
>> + save the crash dump.
>> +
>> +What: /sys/kernel/fadump/release_opalcore
>> +Date: Nov 2019
>> +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> +Description: write only
>> + The sysfs file is available when the system is booted to
>> + collect the dump on OPAL based machine. It used to release
>> + the memory used to collect the opalcore.
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> index ed59855430b9..a9591def0c84 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> @@ -1418,6 +1418,9 @@ static int fadump_region_show(struct seq_file *m, void
>> *private)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +struct kobject *fadump_kobj;
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fadump_kobj);
>> +
>> static struct kobj_attribute fadump_release_attr =
>> __ATTR(fadump_release_mem,
>> 0200, NULL,
>> fadump_release_memory_store);
>> @@ -1428,6 +1431,16 @@ static struct kobj_attribute fadump_register_attr =
>> __ATTR(fadump_registered,
>> 0644, fadump_register_show,
>> fadump_register_store);
>>
>> +static struct kobj_attribute release_attr = __ATTR(release_mem,
>> + 0200, NULL,
>> + fadump_release_memory_store);
>> +static struct kobj_attribute enable_attr = __ATTR(enabled,
>> + 0444, fadump_enabled_show,
>> + NULL);
>> +static struct kobj_attribute register_attr = __ATTR(registered,
>> + 0644, fadump_register_show,
>> + fadump_register_store);
>> +
>> DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(fadump_region);
>>
>> static void fadump_init_files(void)
>> @@ -1435,6 +1448,11 @@ static void fadump_init_files(void)
>> struct dentry *debugfs_file;
>> int rc = 0;
>>
>> + fadump_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("fadump", kernel_kobj);
>> + if (!fadump_kobj) {
>> + pr_err("failed to create fadump kobject\n");
>> + return;
>> + }
>> rc = sysfs_create_file(kernel_kobj, &fadump_attr.attr);
>> if (rc)
>> printk(KERN_ERR "fadump: unable to create sysfs file"
>> @@ -1458,6 +1476,26 @@ static void fadump_init_files(void)
>> printk(KERN_ERR "fadump: unable to create sysfs file"
>> " fadump_release_mem (%d)\n", rc);
>> }
>> + /* Replicating the following sysfs attributes under FADump kobject.
>> + *
>> + * - fadump_enabled -> enabled
>> + * - fadump_registered -> registered
>> + * - fadump_release_mem -> release_mem
>> + */
>> + rc = sysfs_create_file(fadump_kobj, &enable_attr.attr);
>> + if (rc)
>> + pr_err("unable to create enabled sysfs file (%d)\n",
>> + rc);
>> + rc = sysfs_create_file(fadump_kobj, ®ister_attr.attr);
>> + if (rc)
>> + pr_err("unable to create registered sysfs file (%d)\n",
>> + rc);
>> + if (fw_dump.dump_active) {
>> + rc = sysfs_create_file(fadump_kobj, &release_attr.attr);
>> + if (rc)
>> + pr_err("unable to create release_mem sysfs file (%d)\n",
>> + rc);
>> + }
>> return;
>> }
> Hello,
>
I’m so sorry for taking this long to write you back.
> wouldn't it make more sense to create the files in the new location and
> add a symlink at the old location?
There are APIs which allow to create a symlink for an entire kobject but
I did not find a way to create symlink of an individual sysfs file.
Do you have any approach in mind to achieve the same?
> Also your error messages aren't really readeable. Without the fadump_
> prefix it's not clear what's going on here. Perhaps quoting the file
> name and saying fadump somewhere in the message would be useful.
The pr_err function will prefix the error message with fadump: string.
I think that will solve the above issue.
Thanks,
Sourabh Jain
