Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 8 ++++---- > arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-kmsg.c | 4 ++-- Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (powerpc) cheers
