On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:56:20AM +0530, Sai Prakash Ranjan wrote:
> commit b05c950698fe ("pstore/ram: Simplify ramoops_get_next_prz()
> arguments") changed update assignment in getting next persistent
> ram zone by adding a check for record type. But the check always
> returns true since the record type is assigned 0. And this breaks
> console ramoops by showing current console log instead of previous
> log on warm reset and hard reset (actually hard reset should not
> be showing any logs).
>
> Fix this by having persistent ram zone type check instead of record
> type check. Tested this on SDM845 MTP and dragonboard 410c.
>
> Reproducing this issue is simple as below:
>
> 1. Trigger hard reset and mount pstore. Will see console-ramoops
> record in the mounted location which is the current log.
>
> 2. Trigger warm reset and mount pstore. Will see the current
> console-ramoops record instead of previous record.
>
> Fixes: b05c950698fe ("pstore/ram: Simplify ramoops_get_next_prz() arguments")
> Signed-off-by: Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thanks!
- Joel
>
> ---
>
> I guess commit msg can be improved.
> ---
> fs/pstore/ram.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index 96f7d32cd184..441a44215456 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ ramoops_get_next_prz(struct persistent_ram_zone *przs[], int id,
> struct pstore_record *record)
> {
> struct persistent_ram_zone *prz;
> - bool update = (record->type == PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG);
> + bool update;
>
> /* Give up if we never existed or have hit the end. */
> if (!przs)
> @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ ramoops_get_next_prz(struct persistent_ram_zone *przs[], int id,
> if (!prz)
> return NULL;
>
> + update = (prz->type == PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG);
> +
> /* Update old/shadowed buffer. */
> if (update)
> persistent_ram_save_old(prz);
> --
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