Re: [PATCH v4 03/12] pstore/blk: Introduce backend for block devices

2020-05-08 Thread WeiXiong Liao
hi Kees Cook, On 2020/5/8 PM 2:39, Kees Cook wrote: > From: WeiXiong Liao > > pstore/blk is similar to pstore/ram, but uses a block device as the > storage rather than persistent ram. > > The pstore/blk backend solves two common use-cases that used to preclude > using pstore/ram: > - not all de

[PATCH v4 03/12] pstore/blk: Introduce backend for block devices

2020-05-07 Thread Kees Cook
From: WeiXiong Liao pstore/blk is similar to pstore/ram, but uses a block device as the storage rather than persistent ram. The pstore/blk backend solves two common use-cases that used to preclude using pstore/ram: - not all devices have a battery that could be used to persist regular RAM acro