Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] pstore/ram: Introduce max_reason and convert dump_oops

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On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 02:15:21PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> From: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Now that pstore_register() can correctly pass max_reason to the kmesg
> dump facility, introduce a new "max_reason" module parameter and
> "max-reason" Device Tree field.
> 
> The "dump_oops" module parameter and "dump-oops" Device
> Tree field are now considered deprecated, but are now automatically
> converted to their corresponding max_reason values when present, though
> the new max_reason setting has precedence.
> 
> For struct ramoops_platform_data, the "dump_oops" member is entirely
> replaced by a new "max_reason" member, with the only existing user
> updated in place.
> 
> Additionally remove the "reason" filter logic from ramoops_pstore_write(),
> as that is not specifically needed anymore, though technically
> this is a change in behavior for any ramoops users also setting the
> printk.always_kmsg_dump boot param, which will cause ramoops to behave as
> if max_reason was set to KMSG_DUMP_MAX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200505154510.93506-4-pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200505154510.93506-5-pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst     | 14 +++++--
>  drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c |  2 +-
>  fs/pstore/ram.c                           | 51 +++++++++++++++--------
>  include/linux/pstore_ram.h                |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> index 6dbcc5481000..a60a96218ba9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> @@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ memory to be mapped strongly ordered, and atomic operations on strongly ordered
>  memory are implementation defined, and won't work on many ARMs such as omaps.
>  
>  The memory area is divided into ``record_size`` chunks (also rounded down to
> -power of two) and each oops/panic writes a ``record_size`` chunk of
> +power of two) and each kmesg dump writes a ``record_size`` chunk of
>  information.
>  
> -Dumping both oopses and panics can be done by setting 1 in the ``dump_oops``
> -variable while setting 0 in that variable dumps only the panics.
> +Limiting which kinds of kmsg dumps are stored can be controlled via
> +the ``max_reason`` value, as defined in include/linux/kmsg_dump.h's
> +``enum kmsg_dump_reason``. For example, to store both Oopses and Panics,
> +``max_reason`` should be set to 2 (KMSG_DUMP_OOPS), to store only Panics
> +``max_reason`` should be set to 1 (KMSG_DUMP_PANIC). Setting this to 0
> +(KMSG_DUMP_UNDEF), means the reason filtering will be controlled by the
> +``printk.always_kmsg_dump`` boot param: if unset, it'll be KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
> +otherwise KMSG_DUMP_MAX.
>  
>  The module uses a counter to record multiple dumps but the counter gets reset
>  on restart (i.e. new dumps after the restart will overwrite old ones).
> @@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
>          .mem_address            = <...>,
>          .mem_type               = <...>,
>          .record_size            = <...>,
> -        .dump_oops              = <...>,
> +        .max_reason             = <...>,
>          .ecc                    = <...>,
>    };
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> index d13770785fb5..fa51153688b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct ramoops_platform_data chromeos_ramoops_data = {
>  	.record_size	= 0x40000,
>  	.console_size	= 0x20000,
>  	.ftrace_size	= 0x20000,
> -	.dump_oops	= 1,
> +	.max_reason	= KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
>  };
>  
>  static struct platform_device chromeos_ramoops = {
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index c2f76b650f91..b8dac1d04e96 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ module_param(mem_type, uint, 0600);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_type,
>  		"set to 1 to try to use unbuffered memory (default 0)");
>  
> -static int dump_oops = 1;
> -module_param(dump_oops, int, 0600);
> +static int ramoops_dump_oops = -1;
> +module_param_named(dump_oops, ramoops_dump_oops, int, 0400);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops,
> -		"set to 1 to dump oopses, 0 to only dump panics (default 1)");
> +		 "set to 1 to dump oopses & panics, 0 to only dump panics (deprecated: use max_reason instead)");
> +
> +static int ramoops_max_reason = KMESG_DUMP_OOPS;

This is what I get for a "quick change right before sending". This
is a typo and should be KMSG_DUMP_OOPS. :|

-- 
Kees Cook



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