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

[long.wanglong]

On 2015/3/31 0:31, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * 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.
> 
OK, thanks.
i will drop this change.

>> @@ -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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