Re: [PATCH printk-rework 09/14] printk: introduce a kmsg_dump iterator

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Fri Feb 19 2021 - 10:58:00 EST


On Thu 2021-02-18 09:18:12, John Ogness wrote:
> Rather than store the iterator information into the registered

s/store/storing/ ?

> kmsg_dump structure, create a separate iterator structure. The
> kmsg_dump_iter structure can reside on the stack of the caller,
> thus allowing lockless use of the kmsg_dump functions.
>
> This is in preparation for removal of @logbuf_lock.
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> index 4095a34db0fa..2fdb10ab1799 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ enum kmsg_dump_reason {
> KMSG_DUMP_MAX
> };
>
> +/**
> + * struct kmsg_dumper_iter - iterator for kernel crash message dumper
> + * @active: Flag that specifies if this is currently dumping
> + * @cur_seq: Points to the oldest message to dump (private)
> + * @next_seq: Points after the newest message to dump (private)

"(private)" might be removed.

Anyway, the issues are only cosmetic:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr