2017-06-01 10:01:36

by Hari Bathini

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/fadump: return error when fadump registration fails



On Saturday 27 May 2017 09:16 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> - log an error message when registration fails and no error code listed
> in the switch is returned
> - translate the hv error code to posix error code and return it from
> fw_register
> - return the posix error code from fw_register to the process writing
> to sysfs
> - return EEXIST on re-registration
> - return success on deregistration when fadump is not registered
> - return ENODEV when no memory is reserved for fadump
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <[email protected]>

With the below change write to /sys/kernel/fadump_registered returns
error appropriately.

Tested-by: Hari Bathini <[email protected]>

> ---
> v2: fix return in register_fadump()
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
> index 2fa582092d42..83421e0a774b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
> @@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ static int __init early_fadump_param(char *p)
> }
> early_param("fadump", early_fadump_param);
>
> -static void register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
> +static int register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
> {
> - int rc;
> + int rc, err;
> unsigned int wait_time;
>
> pr_debug("Registering for firmware-assisted kernel dump...\n");
> @@ -417,7 +417,12 @@ static void register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
>
> } while (wait_time);
>
> + err = -EIO;
> switch (rc) {
> + default:
> + printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register firmware-assisted kernel"
> + " dump. Unknown Error(%d).\n", rc);
> + break;
> case -1:
> printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register firmware-assisted kernel"
> " dump. Hardware Error(%d).\n", rc);
> @@ -425,18 +430,22 @@ static void register_fw_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
> case -3:
> printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register firmware-assisted kernel"
> " dump. Parameter Error(%d).\n", rc);
> + err = -EINVAL;
> break;
> case -9:
> printk(KERN_ERR "firmware-assisted kernel dump is already "
> " registered.");
> fw_dump.dump_registered = 1;
> + err = -EEXIST;
> break;
> case 0:
> printk(KERN_INFO "firmware-assisted kernel dump registration"
> " is successful\n");
> fw_dump.dump_registered = 1;
> + err = 0;
> break;
> }
> + return err;
> }
>
> void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
> @@ -977,7 +986,7 @@ static unsigned long init_fadump_header(unsigned long addr)
> return addr;
> }
>
> -static void register_fadump(void)
> +static int register_fadump(void)
> {
> unsigned long addr;
> void *vaddr;
> @@ -987,7 +996,7 @@ static void register_fadump(void)
> * assisted dump.
> */
> if (!fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size)
> - return;
> + return -ENODEV;
>
> fadump_setup_crash_memory_ranges();
>
> @@ -1000,7 +1009,7 @@ static void register_fadump(void)
> fadump_create_elfcore_headers(vaddr);
>
> /* register the future kernel dump with firmware. */
> - register_fw_dump(&fdm);
> + return register_fw_dump(&fdm);
> }
>
> static int fadump_unregister_dump(struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
> @@ -1182,7 +1191,6 @@ static ssize_t fadump_register_store(struct kobject *kobj,
> switch (buf[0]) {
> case '0':
> if (fw_dump.dump_registered == 0) {
> - ret = -EINVAL;
> goto unlock_out;
> }
> /* Un-register Firmware-assisted dump */
> @@ -1190,11 +1198,11 @@ static ssize_t fadump_register_store(struct kobject *kobj,
> break;
> case '1':
> if (fw_dump.dump_registered == 1) {
> - ret = -EINVAL;
> + ret = -EEXIST;
> goto unlock_out;
> }
> /* Register Firmware-assisted dump */
> - register_fadump();
> + ret = register_fadump();
> break;
> default:
> ret = -EINVAL;