This patch adds the specification for /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled attribute which allows the userspace to enable/disable devcoredump for a particular device and drivers can use it to enable/disable functionality accordingly. It is available when the CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled and driver has implemented the .coredump() callback. Reviewed-by: Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manish Mandlik <mmandlik@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Arend, Greg, The existing /sys/class/devcoredump/disabled provides only a one-way disable functionality for devcoredump. It also disables the devcoredump for everyone who is using it. This and the next patch provides a way to selectively enable/disable the devcoredump by creating a /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled sysfs entry. The userspace can write 0/1 to it to enable/disable devcoredump for that particular device and drivers can use it accordingly. It will only be available along with the /sys/devices/.../coredump sysfs entry when the CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled and the driver has implemented the .coredump() callback. Please let me know what you think about this. Thanks, Manish. (no changes since v4) Changes in v4: - New patch in the series Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-coredump | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-coredump b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-coredump index e459368533a4..4bcfc7dbad67 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-coredump +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-coredump @@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ Description: file will trigger the .coredump() callback. Available when CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled. + +What: /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled +Date: July 2022 +Contact: Manish Mandlik <mmandlik@xxxxxxxxxx> +Description: + The /sys/devices/.../coredump_disabled attribute can be used by + drivers to selectively enable/disable devcoredump functionality + for a device. The userspace can write 0/1 to it to control + enabling/disabling of devcoredump for that particular device. + This attribute is present only when the device is bound to a + driver which implements the .coredump() callback. The attribute + is readable and writeable. + + Available when CONFIG_DEV_COREDUMP is enabled. -- 2.37.1.559.g78731f0fdb-goog
