[PATCH v2 0/3] pstore: add multi-backend support

From: Yuanhe Shu
Date: Mon Feb 05 2024 - 07:30:00 EST


I have been steadily working but struggled to find a seamlessly
integrated way to implement tty frontend until Guilherme inspired me
that multi-backend and tty frontend are actually two separate entities.
This submission presents the second iteration of my efforts, listing
notable changes form the v1:

1. pstore.backend no longer acts as "registered backend", but "backends
eligible for registration".

2. drop subdir since it will break user space

3. drop tty frontend since I haven't yet devised a satisfactory
implementation strategy

A heartfelt thank you to Kees and Guilherme for your suggestions.
I firmly believe that a tty frontend is crucial for kdump debugging,
and I am still dedicating effort to develop one. Hope in the future I
can accomplish it with deeper comprehension with tty driver :)

Yuanhe Shu (3):
pstore: add multi-backend support
Documentation: adjust pstore backend related document
tools/testing: adjust pstore backend related selftest

Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore | 8 +-
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +-
fs/pstore/ftrace.c | 29 ++-
fs/pstore/inode.c | 19 +-
fs/pstore/internal.h | 4 +-
fs/pstore/platform.c | 225 ++++++++++++------
fs/pstore/pmsg.c | 24 +-
include/linux/pstore.h | 29 +++
tools/testing/selftests/pstore/common_tests | 8 +-
.../selftests/pstore/pstore_post_reboot_tests | 65 ++---
tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests | 2 +-
11 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 124 deletions(-)

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