Re: [PATCH] ramoops: make it possible to change mem_type param.

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Mon Mar 30 2015 - 12:35:23 EST


* Wang Long <long.wanglong@xxxxxxxxxx> [150327 02:43]:
> If we set ramoops.mem_type=1 in command line, the current
> code can not change mem_type to 1, because it is assigned
> to 0 in function ramoops_register_dummy.
>
> This patch make it possible to change mem_type parameter
> in command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Long <long.wanglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> fs/pstore/ram.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index 44a549b..65e0532 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module_param(mem_size, ulong, 0400);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_size,
> "size of reserved RAM used to store oops/panic logs");
>
> -static unsigned int mem_type;
> +static unsigned int mem_type = 0;
> module_param(mem_type, uint, 0600);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_type,
> "set to 1 to try to use unbuffered memory (default 0)");

The BSS gets cleared during init so no need to initialize the mem_type
separately here and you can drop the change above AFAIK.

> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
>
> dummy_data->mem_size = mem_size;
> dummy_data->mem_address = mem_address;
> - dummy_data->mem_type = 0;
> + dummy_data->mem_type = mem_type;
> dummy_data->record_size = record_size;
> dummy_data->console_size = ramoops_console_size;
> dummy_data->ftrace_size = ramoops_ftrace_size;

For this change sounds like a bug. Sorry I was not able to test
that with the hardware I have here. Good thing you have been able
to verify it with your hardware. If you drop the first part and
repost, please also feel free to add:

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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