On Wed 2022-04-27 19:49:14, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote: > The goal of this new panic notifier is to allow its users to > register callbacks to run earlier in the panic path than they > currently do. This aims at informational mechanisms, like dumping > kernel offsets and showing device error data (in case it's simple > registers reading, for example) as well as mechanisms to disable > log flooding (like hung_task detector / RCU warnings) and the > tracing dump_on_oops (when enabled). > > Any (non-invasive) information that should be provided before > kmsg_dump() as well as log flooding preventing code should fit > here, as long it offers relatively low risk for kdump. > > For now, the patch is almost a no-op, although it changes a bit > the ordering in which some panic notifiers are executed - specially > affected by this are the notifiers responsible for disabling the > hung_task detector / RCU warnings, which now run first. In a > subsequent patch, the panic path will be refactored, then the > panic informational notifiers will effectively run earlier, > before ksmg_dump() (and usually before kdump as well). > > We also defer documenting it all properly in the subsequent > refactor patch. Finally, while at it, we removed some useless > header inclusions too. > > Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> All notifiers moved in this patch seems to fit well the "info" notifier list. The patch looks good from this POV. I still have to review the rest of the patches to see if it is complete. Best Regards, Petr
