Ramoops, like mtdoops, can log oops/panic information but in RAM. It can be used with persistent RAM for systems without flash support. In addition, for this systems, with this driver, it's no more needed add to the kernel the mtd subsystem with advantage in footprint. Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/Kconfig linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/Kconfig --- linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/Kconfig 2010-02-24 19:52:17.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/Kconfig 2010-02-28 10:47:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -1105,5 +1105,12 @@ config DEVPORT source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" +config RAMOOPS + tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer" + default n + help + This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular + buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point. + endmenu diff -uprN linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/Makefile linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/Makefile --- linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/Makefile 2010-02-24 19:52:17.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/Makefile 2010-02-28 10:49:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER) += hangche obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM) += tpm/ obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_FLASH) += ps3flash.o +obj-$(CONFIG_RAMOOPS) += ramoops.o obj-$(CONFIG_JS_RTC) += js-rtc.o js-rtc-y = rtc.o diff -uprN linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/ramoops.c linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/ramoops.c --- linux-2.6.33-orig/drivers/char/ramoops.c 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.33/drivers/char/ramoops.c 2010-03-07 10:41:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +/* + * RAM Oops/Panic logger + * + * Copyright (C) 2009 Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx> + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + * General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA + * 02110-1301 USA + * + */ + +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h> +#include <linux/time.h> +#include <linux/io.h> +#include <linux/ioport.h> + +#define RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "====" +#define RAMOOPS_HEADER_SIZE (5 + sizeof(struct timeval)) + +#define RECORD_SIZE 4096 + +static ulong mem_address; +module_param(mem_address, ulong, 0600); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_address, + "start of reserved RAM used to store oops/panic logs"); + +static ulong mem_size; +module_param(mem_size, ulong, 0600); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_size, + "size of reserved RAM used to store oops/panic logs"); + +static int dump_oops = 1; +module_param(dump_oops, int, 0600); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops, + "set to 1 to dump oopses, 0 to only dump panics (default 1)"); + +static struct ramoops_context { + struct kmsg_dumper dump; + void *virt_addr; + phys_addr_t phys_addr; + unsigned long size; + int count; + int max_count; +} oops_cxt; + +static void ramoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, + enum kmsg_dump_reason reason, const char *s1, unsigned long l1, + const char *s2, unsigned long l2) +{ + struct ramoops_context *cxt = container_of(dumper, + struct ramoops_context, dump); + unsigned long s1_start, s2_start; + unsigned long l1_cpy, l2_cpy; + int res; + char *buf; + struct timeval timestamp; + + /* Only dump oopses if dump_oops is set */ + if (reason == KMSG_DUMP_OOPS && !dump_oops) + return; + + buf = (char *)(cxt->virt_addr + (cxt->count * RECORD_SIZE)); + memset(buf, '\0', RECORD_SIZE); + res = sprintf(buf, "%s", RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR); + buf += res; + do_gettimeofday(×tamp); + res = sprintf(buf, "%lu.%lu\n", (long)timestamp.tv_sec, (long)timestamp.tv_usec); + buf += res; + + l2_cpy = min(l2, (unsigned long)(RECORD_SIZE - RAMOOPS_HEADER_SIZE)); + l1_cpy = min(l1, (unsigned long)(RECORD_SIZE - RAMOOPS_HEADER_SIZE) - l2_cpy); + + s2_start = l2 - l2_cpy; + s1_start = l1 - l1_cpy; + + memcpy(buf, s1 + s1_start, l1_cpy); + memcpy(buf + l1_cpy, s2 + s2_start, l2_cpy); + + cxt->count = (cxt->count + 1) % cxt->max_count; +} + +static int __init ramoops_init(void) +{ + struct ramoops_context *cxt = &oops_cxt; + int err = -EINVAL; + + if (!mem_size) { + printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid size specification"); + goto fail3; + } + + rounddown_pow_of_two(mem_size); + + if (mem_size < RECORD_SIZE) { + printk(KERN_ERR "size too small"); + goto fail3; + } + + cxt->max_count = mem_size / RECORD_SIZE; + cxt->count = 0; + cxt->size = mem_size; + cxt->phys_addr = mem_address; + + if (!request_mem_region(cxt->phys_addr, cxt->size, "ramoops")) { + printk(KERN_ERR "ramoops: request mem region failed"); + err = -EINVAL; + goto fail3; + } + + cxt->virt_addr = ioremap(cxt->phys_addr, cxt->size); + if (!cxt->virt_addr) { + printk(KERN_ERR "ramoops: ioremap failed"); + goto fail2; + } + + cxt->dump.dump = ramoops_do_dump; + err = kmsg_dump_register(&cxt->dump); + if (err) { + printk(KERN_ERR "ramoops: registering kmsg dumper failed"); + goto fail1; + } + + return 0; + +fail1: + iounmap(cxt->virt_addr); +fail2: + release_mem_region(cxt->phys_addr, cxt->size); +fail3: + return err; +} + +static void __exit ramoops_exit(void) +{ + struct ramoops_context *cxt = &oops_cxt; + + if (kmsg_dump_unregister(&cxt->dump) < 0) + printk(KERN_WARNING "ramoops: could not unregister kmsg_dumper\n"); + + iounmap(cxt->virt_addr); + release_mem_region(cxt->phys_addr, cxt->size); +} + + +module_init(ramoops_init); +module_exit(ramoops_exit); + +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_AUTHOR("Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx>"); +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RAM Oops/Panic logger/driver"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html