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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d22ead95 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst @@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +pstore block oops/panic logger +============================== + +Introduction +------------ + +pstore block (pstore/blk) is an oops/panic logger that writes its logs to a +block device and non-block device before the system crashes. You can get +these log files by mounting pstore filesystem like:: + + mount -t pstore pstore /sys/fs/pstore + + +pstore block concepts +--------------------- + +pstore/blk provides efficient configuration method for pstore/blk, which +divides all configurations into two parts, configurations for user and +configurations for driver. + +Configurations for user determine how pstore/blk works, such as pmsg_size, +kmsg_size and so on. All of them support both Kconfig and module parameters, +but module parameters have priority over Kconfig. + +Configurations for driver are all about block device and non-block device, +such as total_size of block device and read/write operations. + +Configurations for user +----------------------- + +All of these configurations support both Kconfig and module parameters, but +module parameters have priority over Kconfig. + +Here is an example for module parameters:: + + pstore_blk.blkdev=/dev/mmcblk0p7 pstore_blk.kmsg_size=64 best_effort=y + +The detail of each configurations may be of interest to you. + +blkdev +~~~~~~ + +The block device to use. Most of the time, it is a partition of block device. +It's required for pstore/blk. It is also used for MTD device. + +When pstore/blk is built as a module, "blkdev" accepts the following variants: + +1. /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk +#. /dev/<disk_name><decimal> represents the device number of partition - device + number of disk plus the partition number +#. /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above; this form is used when disk + name of partitioned disk ends with a digit. + +When pstore/blk is built into the kernel, "blkdev" accepts the following variants: + +#. <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal representation, + with no leading 0x, for example b302. +#. PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF represents the unique id of + a partition if the partition table provides it. The UUID may be either an + EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, + where SSSSSSSS is a zero-filled hex representation of the 32-bit + "NT disk signature", and PP is a zero-filled hex representation of the + 1-based partition number. +#. PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to a + partition with a known unique id. +#. <major>:<minor> major and minor number of the device separated by a colon. + +It accepts the following variants for MTD device: + +1. <device name> MTD device name. "pstore" is recommended. +#. <device number> MTD device number. + +kmsg_size +~~~~~~~~~ + +The chunk size in KB for oops/panic front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4. +It's optional if you do not care oops/panic log. + +There are multiple chunks for oops/panic front-end depending on the remaining +space except other pstore front-ends. + +pstore/blk will log to oops/panic chunks one by one, and always overwrite the +oldest chunk if there is no more free chunk. + +pmsg_size +~~~~~~~~~ + +The chunk size in KB for pmsg front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4. +It's optional if you do not care pmsg log. + +Unlike oops/panic front-end, there is only one chunk for pmsg front-end. + +Pmsg is a user space accessible pstore object. Writes to */dev/pmsg0* are +appended to the chunk. On reboot the contents are available in +*/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-pstore-blk-0*. + +console_size +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The chunk size in KB for console front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4. +It's optional if you do not care console log. + +Similar to pmsg front-end, there is only one chunk for console front-end. + +All log of console will be appended to the chunk. On reboot the contents are +available in */sys/fs/pstore/console-pstore-blk-0*. + +ftrace_size +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The chunk size in KB for ftrace front-end. It **MUST** be a multiple of 4. +It's optional if you do not care console log. + +Similar to oops front-end, there are multiple chunks for ftrace front-end +depending on the count of cpu processors. Each chunk size is equal to +ftrace_size / processors_count. + +All log of ftrace will be appended to the chunk. On reboot the contents are +combined and available in */sys/fs/pstore/ftrace-pstore-blk-0*. + +Persistent function tracing might be useful for debugging software or hardware +related hangs. Here is an example of usage:: + + # mount -t pstore pstore /sys/fs/pstore + # mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug/ + # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/pstore/record_ftrace + # reboot -f + [...] + # mount -t pstore pstore /sys/fs/pstore + # tail /sys/fs/pstore/ftrace-pstore-blk-0 + CPU:0 ts:5914676 c0063828 c0063b94 call_cpuidle <- cpu_startup_entry+0x1b8/0x1e0 + CPU:0 ts:5914678 c039ecdc c006385c cpuidle_enter_state <- call_cpuidle+0x44/0x48 + CPU:0 ts:5914680 c039e9a0 c039ecf0 cpuidle_enter_freeze <- cpuidle_enter_state+0x304/0x314 + CPU:0 ts:5914681 c0063870 c039ea30 sched_idle_set_state <- cpuidle_enter_state+0x44/0x314 + CPU:1 ts:5916720 c0160f59 c015ee04 kernfs_unmap_bin_file <- __kernfs_remove+0x140/0x204 + CPU:1 ts:5916721 c05ca625 c015ee0c __mutex_lock_slowpath <- __kernfs_remove+0x148/0x204 + CPU:1 ts:5916723 c05c813d c05ca630 yield_to <- __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x314/0x358 + CPU:1 ts:5916724 c05ca2d1 c05ca638 __ww_mutex_lock <- __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x31c/0x358 + +max_reason +~~~~~~~~~~ + +Limiting which kinds of kmsg dumps are stored can be controlled via +the ``max_reason`` value, as defined in include/linux/kmsg_dump.h's +``enum kmsg_dump_reason``. For example, to store both Oopses and Panics, +``max_reason`` should be set to 2 (KMSG_DUMP_OOPS), to store only Panics +``max_reason`` should be set to 1 (KMSG_DUMP_PANIC). Setting this to 0 +(KMSG_DUMP_UNDEF), means the reason filtering will be controlled by the +``printk.always_kmsg_dump`` boot param: if unset, it'll be KMSG_DUMP_OOPS, +otherwise KMSG_DUMP_MAX. + +Configurations for driver +------------------------- + +A device driver uses ``register_pstore_device`` with +``struct pstore_device_info`` to register to pstore/blk. + +.. kernel-doc:: fs/pstore/blk.c + :export: + +Compression and header +---------------------- + +Block device is large enough for uncompressed oops data. Actually we do not +recommend data compression because pstore/blk will insert some information into +the first line of oops/panic data. For example:: + + Panic: Total 16 times + +It means that it's OOPS|Panic for the 16th time since the first booting. +Sometimes the number of occurrences of oops|panic since the first booting is +important to judge whether the system is stable. + +The following line is inserted by pstore filesystem. For example:: + + Oops#2 Part1 + +It means that it's OOPS for the 2nd time on the last boot. + +Reading the data +---------------- + +The dump data can be read from the pstore filesystem. The format for these +files is ``dmesg-pstore-blk-[N]`` for oops/panic front-end, +``pmsg-pstore-blk-0`` for pmsg front-end and so on. The timestamp of the +dump file records the trigger time. To delete a stored record from block +device, simply unlink the respective pstore file. + +Attentions in panic read/write APIs +----------------------------------- + +If on panic, the kernel is not going to run for much longer, the tasks will not +be scheduled and most kernel resources will be out of service. It +looks like a single-threaded program running on a single-core computer. + +The following points require special attention for panic read/write APIs: + +1. Can **NOT** allocate any memory. + If you need memory, just allocate while the block driver is initializing + rather than waiting until the panic. +#. Must be polled, **NOT** interrupt driven. + No task schedule any more. The block driver should delay to ensure the write + succeeds, but NOT sleep. +#. Can **NOT** take any lock. + There is no other task, nor any shared resource; you are safe to break all + locks. +#. Just use CPU to transfer. + Do not use DMA to transfer unless you are sure that DMA will not keep lock. +#. Control registers directly. + Please control registers directly rather than use Linux kernel resources. + Do I/O map while initializing rather than wait until a panic occurs. +#. Reset your block device and controller if necessary. + If you are not sure of the state of your block device and controller when + a panic occurs, you are safe to stop and reset them. + +pstore/blk supports psblk_blkdev_info(), which is defined in +*linux/pstore_blk.h*, to get information of using block device, such as the +device number, sector count and start sector of the whole disk. + +pstore block internals +---------------------- + +For developer reference, here are all the important structures and APIs: + +.. kernel-doc:: fs/pstore/zone.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_zone.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_blk.h + :internal: |