Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/powernv: Skip registering log region when CONFIG_PRINTK=n

From: Stewart Smith
Date: Tue Jan 20 2015 - 23:29:15 EST


Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> When CONFIG_PRINTK=n, log_buf_addr_get() returns NULL and log_buf_len_get()
> return 0. Check for these return values and skip registering the dump buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

(investigating what would occur on systems with current firmware..)

Looking at hw/fsp/fsp-mdst-table.c in skiboot it appears that we'd end
up logging an error log about being passed the size 0 and return
OPAL_PARAMETER back to Linux.

While harmless, this is, naturally, not awesome to log an error about
being unable to grab kernel log on crash every time you boot.

Reviewed-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> index f10b9ec..1db119f0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> @@ -667,7 +667,13 @@ static void __init opal_dump_region_init(void)
>
> /* Register kernel log buffer */
> addr = log_buf_addr_get();
> + if (addr == NULL)
> + return;
> +
> size = log_buf_len_get();
> + if (size == 0)
> + return;
> +
> rc = opal_register_dump_region(OPAL_DUMP_REGION_LOG_BUF,
> __pa(addr), size);
> /* Don't warn if this is just an older OPAL that doesn't
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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