Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] powerpc/powernv: move core and fadump_release_opalcore under new kobject

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On 12/6/19 6:18 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 05:54:32PM +0530, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> The /sys/firmware/opal/core and /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs
>> files are used to export and release the OPAL memory on PowerNV platform.
>> let's organize them into a new kobject under /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/
>> directory.
>>
>> A symlink is added to maintain the backward compatibility for
>> /sys/firmware/opal/core sysfs file.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore      |  2 ++
>>  .../powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst        | 15 +++++----
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c    | 31 ++++++++++++++-----
>>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>  rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => removed}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore (82%)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
>> similarity index 82%
>> rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
>> rename to Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
>> index 53313c1d4e7a..a8d46cd0f4e6 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
>> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>> +This ABI is moved to /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core.
>> +
>>  What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
>>  Date:		Sep 2019
>>  Contact:	linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
>> index 0455a78486d5..345a3405206e 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
>> @@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ to ensure that crash data is preserved to process later.
>>  
>>  -- On OPAL based machines (PowerNV), if the kernel is build with
>>     CONFIG_OPAL_CORE=y, OPAL memory at the time of crash is also
>> -   exported as /sys/firmware/opal/core file. This procfs file is
>> +   exported as /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/core file. This procfs file is
>>     helpful in debugging OPAL crashes with GDB. The kernel memory
>>     used for exporting this procfs file can be released by echo'ing
>> -   '1' to /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore node.
>> +   '1' to /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core node.
>>  
>>     e.g.
>> -     # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
>> +     # echo 1 > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
>>  
>>  Implementation details:
>>  -----------------------
>> @@ -283,14 +283,17 @@ Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
>>      enhanced to use this interface to release the memory reserved for
>>      dump and continue without 2nd reboot.
>>  
>> - /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
>> +Note: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs has moved to
>> +      /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
>> +
>> + /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
>>  
>>      This file is available only on OPAL based machines when FADump is
>>      active during capture kernel. This is used to release the memory
>> -    used by the kernel to export /sys/firmware/opal/core file. To
>> +    used by the kernel to export /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/core file. To
>>      release this memory, echo '1' to it:
>>  
>> -    echo 1  > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
>> +    echo 1  > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
>>  
>>  Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
>>  (Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> index ed895d82c048..7fcc092d065e 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> @@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ static ssize_t fadump_release_opalcore_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>>  	return count;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static struct kobj_attribute opalcore_rel_attr = __ATTR(fadump_release_opalcore,
>> +struct kobject *mpipl_kobj;
>> +static struct kobj_attribute opalcore_rel_attr = __ATTR(release_core,
>>  						0200, NULL,
>>  						fadump_release_opalcore_store);
> 
> __ATTR_WO()?

Thanks :)
> 
>>  
>> @@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ static int __init opalcore_init(void)
>>  	 * then capture the dump.
>>  	 */
>>  	if (!(is_opalcore_usable())) {
>> -		pr_err("Failed to export /sys/firmware/opal/core\n");
>> +		pr_err("Failed to export /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/core\n");
>>  		opalcore_cleanup();
>>  		return rc;
>>  	}
>> @@ -617,18 +618,32 @@ static int __init opalcore_init(void)
>>  	/* Set OPAL core file size */
>>  	opal_core_attr.size = oc_conf->opalcore_size;
>>  
>> +	mpipl_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("mpipl", opal_kobj);
>> +	if (!mpipl_kobj) {
>> +		pr_err("unable to create mpipl kobject\n");
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	/* Export OPAL core sysfs file */
>> -	rc = sysfs_create_bin_file(opal_kobj, &opal_core_attr);
>> +	rc = sysfs_create_bin_file(mpipl_kobj, &opal_core_attr);
> 
> Again, create an attribute group and add everything all at once, makes
> it much simpler and your error cleanup logic will actually work :)

Agree.

Thanks,
Sourabh Jain




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