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kexec: remove KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC
authorWANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:50:44 +0000 (15:50 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:44:06 +0000 (18:44 +1100)
KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC is useless because we already save kernel messages inside
/proc/vmcore, and it is unsafe to allow modules to do other stuffs in a
crash dump scenario.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc build]
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
drivers/char/ramoops.c
drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
kernel/kexec.c

index 330a57b7c17ca48ee997fa2508c9ec29716efd5d..36f957f31842f60688a7485f297ed6181dc926c9 100644 (file)
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
                /* These are almost always orderly shutdowns. */
                return;
        case KMSG_DUMP_OOPS:
-       case KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC:
                break;
        case KMSG_DUMP_PANIC:
                panicking = true;
index 7c7f42a1f880cc81af6dafd89b73810c7eca34aa..feda90cdac9f2b265d217cb78a1b7850d235ca5d 100644 (file)
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ static void ramoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
        struct timeval timestamp;
 
        if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS &&
-           reason != KMSG_DUMP_PANIC &&
-           reason != KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC)
+           reason != KMSG_DUMP_PANIC)
                return;
 
        /* Only dump oopses if dump_oops is set */
index f3cdce9a85a6602f2078ce1ffa67d095a26e4e7e..b7883e529d346bb659a4ec516bccda6424c88b29 100644 (file)
@@ -311,8 +311,7 @@ static void mtdoops_do_dump(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
        char *dst;
 
        if (reason != KMSG_DUMP_OOPS &&
-           reason != KMSG_DUMP_PANIC &&
-           reason != KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC)
+           reason != KMSG_DUMP_PANIC)
                return;
 
        /* Only dump oopses if dump_oops is set */
index ee0c952188de2c99281fd7567f701893e90a47dd..fee66317e071547a4a75e0b90b61399b97249ed2 100644 (file)
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 enum kmsg_dump_reason {
        KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
        KMSG_DUMP_PANIC,
-       KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC,
        KMSG_DUMP_RESTART,
        KMSG_DUMP_HALT,
        KMSG_DUMP_POWEROFF,
index 090ee10d960485c6b9ed1923ef66c467c6fa19ea..20ed47ae252f12b32afff059e59c2a38bbbf0c44 100644 (file)
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
-#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -1094,8 +1093,6 @@ void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs)
                if (kexec_crash_image) {
                        struct pt_regs fixed_regs;
 
-                       kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC);
-
                        crash_setup_regs(&fixed_regs, regs);
                        crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
                        machine_crash_shutdown(&fixed_regs);