Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] pstore/blk: blkoops: support special removing jobs for dmesg.

[WeiXiong Liao]

hi Kees Cook,

On 2020/3/19 AM 2:47, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 08:25:53PM +0800, WeiXiong Liao wrote:
>> It's one of a series of patches for adaptive to MTD device.
>>
>> MTD device is not block device. To write to flash device on MTD, erase
>> must to be done before. However, pstore/blk just set datalen as 0 when
>> remove, which is not enough for mtd device. That's why this patch here,
>> to support special jobs when removing pstore/blk record.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-block.rst |  9 +++++++++
>>  fs/pstore/blkoops.c                        |  4 +++-
>>  fs/pstore/blkzone.c                        |  9 ++++++++-
>>  include/linux/blkoops.h                    | 10 ++++++++++
>>  include/linux/pstore_blk.h                 | 11 +++++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-block.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-block.rst
>> index 299142b3d8e6..1735476621df 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-block.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-block.rst
>> @@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ negative number will be returned. The following return numbers mean more:
>>  1. -EBUSY: pstore/blk should try again later.
>>  #. -ENEXT: this zone is used or broken, pstore/blk should try next one.
>>  
>> +erase
>> +~~~~~
>> +
>> +It's generic erase API for pstore/blk, which is requested by non-block device.
>> +It will be called while pstore record is removing. It's required only when the
>> +device has special removing jobs. For example, MTD device tries to erase block.
>> +
>> +Normally zero should be returned, otherwise it indicates an error.
>> +
>>  panic_write (for non-block device)
>>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>  
>> diff --git a/fs/pstore/blkoops.c b/fs/pstore/blkoops.c
>> index 01170b344f00..7cf4731e52f7 100644
>> --- a/fs/pstore/blkoops.c
>> +++ b/fs/pstore/blkoops.c
>> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ int blkoops_register_device(struct blkoops_device *bo_dev)
>>  	bzinfo->dump_oops = dump_oops;
>>  	bzinfo->read = bo_dev->read;
>>  	bzinfo->write = bo_dev->write;
>> +	bzinfo->erase = bo_dev->erase;
>>  	bzinfo->panic_write = bo_dev->panic_write;
>>  	bzinfo->name = "blkoops";
>>  	bzinfo->owner = THIS_MODULE;
>> @@ -383,10 +384,11 @@ int blkoops_register_blkdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int flags,
>>  	bo_dev.total_size = blkoops_bdev_size(bdev);
>>  	if (bo_dev.total_size == 0)
>>  		goto err_put_bdev;
>> -	bo_dev.panic_write = panic_write ? blkoops_blk_panic_write : NULL;
>>  	bo_dev.flags = flags;
>>  	bo_dev.read = blkoops_generic_blk_read;
>>  	bo_dev.write = blkoops_generic_blk_write;
>> +	bo_dev.erase = NULL;
>> +	bo_dev.panic_write = panic_write ? blkoops_blk_panic_write : NULL;
>>  
>>  	ret = blkoops_register_device(&bo_dev);
>>  	if (ret)
> 
> I think this patch, like the prior, needs to be reordered in the series.
> How about adding
> 
> blkoops_register_device()
> 
> as a single patch, which is what provides support for the "non-block"
> block devices? Then the blkoops_register_blkdev() can stand alone in the
> first patch?
> 
> It just might be easier to review, since nothing uses
> blkoops_register_device() until the mtd driver is added. So that
> function and this patch would go together as a single "support non-block
> devices" change.
> 

That's OK. I will do it.

>> diff --git a/fs/pstore/blkzone.c b/fs/pstore/blkzone.c
>> index 205aeff28992..a17fff77b875 100644
>> --- a/fs/pstore/blkzone.c
>> +++ b/fs/pstore/blkzone.c
>> @@ -593,11 +593,18 @@ static inline bool blkz_ok(struct blkz_zone *zone)
>>  static inline int blkz_dmesg_erase(struct blkz_context *cxt,
>>  		struct blkz_zone *zone)
>>  {
>> +	size_t size;
>> +
>>  	if (unlikely(!blkz_ok(zone)))
>>  		return 0;
>>  
>>  	atomic_set(&zone->buffer->datalen, 0);
>> -	return blkz_zone_write(zone, FLUSH_META, NULL, 0, 0);
>> +
>> +	size = buffer_datalen(zone) + sizeof(*zone->buffer);
>> +	if (cxt->bzinfo->erase)
>> +		return cxt->bzinfo->erase(size, zone->off);
>> +	else
>> +		return blkz_zone_write(zone, FLUSH_META, NULL, 0, 0);
>>  }
>>  
>>  static inline int blkz_record_erase(struct blkz_context *cxt,
>> diff --git a/include/linux/blkoops.h b/include/linux/blkoops.h
>> index bc7665d14a98..11cb3036ad5f 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/blkoops.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/blkoops.h
>> @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
>>   *	number means more:
>>   *	  -EBUSY: pstore/blk should try again later.
>>   *	  -ENEXT: this zone is used or broken, pstore/blk should try next one.
>> + * @erase:
>> + *	The general (not panic) erase operation. It will be call while pstore
>> + *	record is removing. It's required only when device have special
>> + *	removing jobs, for example, MTD device try to erase block.
>> + *
>> + *	Both of the @size and @offset parameters on this interface are
>> + *	the relative size of the space provided, not the whole disk/flash.
>> + *
>> + *	On success, 0 should be returned. Others mean error.
>>   * @panic_write:
>>   *	The write operation only used for panic.
>>   *
>> @@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ struct blkoops_device {
>>  	unsigned long total_size;
>>  	blkz_read_op read;
>>  	blkz_write_op write;
>> +	blkz_erase_op erase;
>>  	blkz_write_op panic_write;
>>  };
>>  
>> diff --git a/include/linux/pstore_blk.h b/include/linux/pstore_blk.h
>> index bbbe4fe37f7c..9641969f888f 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/pstore_blk.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/pstore_blk.h
>> @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
>>   *	number means more:
>>   *	  -EBUSY: pstore/blk should try again later.
>>   *	  -ENEXT: this zone is used or broken, pstore/blk should try next one.
>> + * @erase:
>> + *	The general (not panic) erase operation. It will be call while pstore
>> + *	record is removing. It's required only when device have special
>> + *	removing jobs, for example, MTD device try to erase block.
>> + *
>> + *	Both of the @size and @offset parameters on this interface are
>> + *	the relative size of the space provided, not the whole disk/flash.
>> + *
>> + *	On success, 0 should be returned. Others mean error.
>>   * @panic_write:
>>   *	The write operation only used for panic. It's optional if you do not
>>   *	care panic record. If panic occur but blkzone do not recover yet, the
>> @@ -59,6 +68,7 @@
>>   */
>>  typedef ssize_t (*blkz_read_op)(char *, size_t, loff_t);
>>  typedef ssize_t (*blkz_write_op)(const char *, size_t, loff_t);
>> +typedef ssize_t (*blkz_erase_op)(size_t, loff_t);
>>  struct blkz_info {
>>  	struct module *owner;
>>  	const char *name;
>> @@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ struct blkz_info {
>>  	int dump_oops;
>>  	blkz_read_op read;
>>  	blkz_write_op write;
>> +	blkz_erase_op erase;
>>  	blkz_write_op panic_write;
>>  };
>>  
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 

-- 
WeiXiong Liao