[PATCH 2/8] pstore: Expose kmsg_bytes as a module parameter

From: Guilherme G. Piccoli
Date: Thu Oct 06 2022 - 18:43:26 EST


Currently this tuning is only exposed as a filesystem option,
but most Linux distros automatically mount pstore, hence changing
this setting requires remounting it. Also, if that mount option
wasn't explicitly set it doesn't show up in mount information,
so users cannot check what is the current value of kmsg_bytes.

Let's then expose it as a module parameter, allowing both user
visibility at all times (even if not manually set) and also the
possibility of setting that as a boot/module parameter.

Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pstore/platform.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index c32957e4b256..be05090076ce 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ static char *compress =
module_param(compress, charp, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(compress, "compression to use");

+/* How much of the kernel log to snapshot */
+unsigned long kmsg_bytes = CONFIG_PSTORE_DEFAULT_KMSG_BYTES;
+module_param(kmsg_bytes, ulong, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(kmsg_bytes, "amount of kernel log to snapshot (in bytes)");
+
/* Compression parameters */
static struct crypto_comp *tfm;

@@ -100,9 +105,6 @@ struct pstore_zbackend {
static char *big_oops_buf;
static size_t big_oops_buf_sz;

-/* How much of the console log to snapshot */
-unsigned long kmsg_bytes = CONFIG_PSTORE_DEFAULT_KMSG_BYTES;
-
void pstore_set_kmsg_bytes(int bytes)
{
kmsg_bytes = bytes;
--
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