When parsing the printk buffer for the old printk mechanism (> v3.5.0+ and < 5.10.0) a log entry is currently specified by the offset into the buffer where the entry starts. Change this to use a pointers instead. This is done in preparation for using the new cycle detection mechanism. Signed-off-by: Philipp Rudo <prudo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- makedumpfile.c | 29 +++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c index 7ed9756..9a05c96 100644 --- a/makedumpfile.c +++ b/makedumpfile.c @@ -5482,13 +5482,10 @@ dump_log_entry(char *logptr, int fp, const char *file_name) * get log record by index; idx must point to valid message. */ static char * -log_from_idx(unsigned int idx, char *logbuf) +log_from_ptr(char *logptr, char *logbuf) { - char *logptr; unsigned int msglen; - logptr = logbuf + idx; - /* * A length == 0 record is the end of buffer marker. * Wrap around and return the message at the start of @@ -5502,14 +5499,13 @@ log_from_idx(unsigned int idx, char *logbuf) return logptr; } -static long -log_next(unsigned int idx, char *logbuf) +static void * +log_next(void *_logptr, void *_logbuf) { - char *logptr; + char *logptr = _logptr; + char *logbuf = _logbuf; unsigned int msglen; - logptr = logbuf + idx; - /* * A length == 0 record is the end of buffer marker. Wrap around and * read the message at the start of the buffer as *this* one, and @@ -5519,10 +5515,10 @@ log_next(unsigned int idx, char *logbuf) msglen = USHORT(logptr + OFFSET(printk_log.len)); if (!msglen) { msglen = USHORT(logbuf + OFFSET(printk_log.len)); - return msglen; + return logbuf + msglen; } - return idx + msglen; + return logptr + msglen; } int @@ -5530,11 +5526,12 @@ dump_dmesg() { int log_buf_len, length_log, length_oldlog, ret = FALSE; unsigned long index, log_buf, log_end; - unsigned int idx, log_first_idx, log_next_idx; + unsigned int log_first_idx, log_next_idx; unsigned long long first_idx_sym; unsigned long log_end_2_6_24; unsigned log_end_2_6_25; char *log_buffer = NULL, *log_ptr = NULL; + char *ptr; /* * log_end has been changed to "unsigned" since linux-2.6.25. @@ -5681,13 +5678,13 @@ dump_dmesg() ERRMSG("Can't open output file.\n"); goto out; } - idx = log_first_idx; - while (idx != log_next_idx) { - log_ptr = log_from_idx(idx, log_buffer); + ptr = log_buffer + log_first_idx; + while (ptr != log_buffer + log_next_idx) { + log_ptr = log_from_ptr(ptr, log_buffer); if (!dump_log_entry(log_ptr, info->fd_dumpfile, info->name_dumpfile)) goto out; - idx = log_next(idx, log_buffer); + ptr = log_next(ptr, log_buffer); } if (!close_files_for_creating_dumpfile()) goto out; -- 2.35.1 _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec