Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] ramoops: add max_reason optional field to ramoops DT node

[Rob Herring]

On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:45:10AM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> Currently, it is possible to dump kmsges for panic, or oops.
> With max_reason it is possible to dump messages for other
> kmesg_dump events, for example reboot, halt, shutdown, kexec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt    | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
> index 0eba562fe5c6..886cff15d822 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Optional properties:
>  - ecc-size: enables ECC support and specifies ECC buffer size in bytes
>    (defaults to 0: no ECC)
>  
> -- record-size: maximum size in bytes of each dump done on oops/panic
> +- record-size: maximum size in bytes of each kmsg dump.
>    (defaults to 0: disabled)
>  
>  - console-size: size in bytes of log buffer reserved for kernel messages
> @@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ Optional properties:
>  - unbuffered: if present, use unbuffered mappings to map the reserved region
>    (defaults to buffered mappings)
>  
> -- no-dump-oops: if present, only dump panics (defaults to panics and oops)
> +- max_reason: maximum reason for kmsg dump. Defaults to 2 (dump oops and

max-reason

> +  panics). Can be set to INT_MAX to dump for all reasons. See
> +  include/linux/kmsg_dump.h KMSG_DUMP_* for other kmsg dump values.
> +
> +- no-dump-oops: deprecated, use max_reason instead.
> +  if present, and max_reason is not specified is equivalent to
> +  max_reason = 1 (KMSG_DUMP_PANIC).
>  
>  - flags: if present, pass ramoops behavioral flags (defaults to 0,
>    see include/linux/pstore_ram.h RAMOOPS_FLAG_* for flag values).
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>