Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Add a short description string to kmsg_dump()

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On Tue 2024-07-02 14:26:04, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
> kmsg_dump doesn't forward the panic reason string to the kmsg_dumper
> callback.
> This patch adds a new struct kmsg_dump_detail, that will hold the
> reason and description, and pass it to the dump() callback.
> 
> To avoid updating all kmsg_dump() call, it adds a kmsg_dump_desc()
> function and a macro for backward compatibility.
> 
> I've written this for drm_panic, but it can be useful for other
> kmsg_dumper.
> It allows to see the panic reason, like "sysrq triggered crash"
> or "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on xxxx" on the drm panic screen.
> 
> v2:
>  * Use a struct kmsg_dump_detail to hold the reason and description
>    pointer, for more flexibility if we want to add other parameters.
>    (Kees Cook)
>  * Fix powerpc/nvram_64 build, as I didn't update the forward
>    declaration of oops_to_nvram()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me. With the minor fixes suggested by Kees:

Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr




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