[PATCH 4.9 21/35] powerpc/fadump: Return error when fadump registration fails

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Oct 11 2018 - 11:43:31 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>

commit 98b8cd7f75643e0a442d7a4c1cef2c9d53b7e92b upstream.

- log an error message when registration fails and no error code listed
in the switch is returned
- translate the hv error code to posix error code and return it from
fw_register
- return the posix error code from fw_register to the process writing
to sysfs
- return EEXIST on re-registration
- return success on deregistration when fadump is not registered
- return ENODEV when no memory is reserved for fadump

Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mpe: Use pr_err() to shrink the error print]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ static int __init early_fadump_reserve_m
}
early_param("fadump_reserve_mem", early_fadump_reserve_mem);

-static void register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
+static int register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
{
- int rc;
+ int rc, err;
unsigned int wait_time;

pr_debug("Registering for firmware-assisted kernel dump...\n");
@@ -384,7 +384,11 @@ static void register_fw_dump(struct fadu

} while (wait_time);

+ err = -EIO;
switch (rc) {
+ default:
+ pr_err("Failed to register. Unknown Error(%d).\n", rc);
+ break;
case -1:
printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register firmware-assisted kernel"
" dump. Hardware Error(%d).\n", rc);
@@ -392,18 +396,22 @@ static void register_fw_dump(struct fadu
case -3:
printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register firmware-assisted kernel"
" dump. Parameter Error(%d).\n", rc);
+ err = -EINVAL;
break;
case -9:
printk(KERN_ERR "firmware-assisted kernel dump is already "
" registered.");
fw_dump.dump_registered = 1;
+ err = -EEXIST;
break;
case 0:
printk(KERN_INFO "firmware-assisted kernel dump registration"
" is successful\n");
fw_dump.dump_registered = 1;
+ err = 0;
break;
}
+ return err;
}

void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
@@ -1006,7 +1014,7 @@ static unsigned long init_fadump_header(
return addr;
}

-static void register_fadump(void)
+static int register_fadump(void)
{
unsigned long addr;
void *vaddr;
@@ -1017,7 +1025,7 @@ static void register_fadump(void)
* assisted dump.
*/
if (!fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size)
- return;
+ return -ENODEV;

ret = fadump_setup_crash_memory_ranges();
if (ret)
@@ -1032,7 +1040,7 @@ static void register_fadump(void)
fadump_create_elfcore_headers(vaddr);

/* register the future kernel dump with firmware. */
- register_fw_dump(&fdm);
+ return register_fw_dump(&fdm);
}

static int fadump_unregister_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
@@ -1218,7 +1226,6 @@ static ssize_t fadump_register_store(str
switch (buf[0]) {
case '0':
if (fw_dump.dump_registered == 0) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
goto unlock_out;
}
/* Un-register Firmware-assisted dump */
@@ -1226,11 +1233,11 @@ static ssize_t fadump_register_store(str
break;
case '1':
if (fw_dump.dump_registered == 1) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ ret = -EEXIST;
goto unlock_out;
}
/* Register Firmware-assisted dump */
- register_fadump();
+ ret = register_fadump();
break;
default:
ret = -EINVAL;