Re: [PATCH printk-rework 08/12] printk: introduce a kmsg_dump iterator

[Petr Mladek]

On Tue 2021-01-26 22:21:47, John Ogness wrote:
> Rather than store the iterator information into the registered
> kmsg_dump structure, create a separate iterator structure. The
> kmsg_dump_iter structure can reside on the stack of the caller,
> thus allowing lockless use of the kmsg_dump functions.
> 
> This is in preparation for removal of @logbuf_lock.

> diff --git a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> index 76cc4122d08e..ecc98f549d93 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ enum kmsg_dump_reason {
>  	KMSG_DUMP_MAX
>  };
>  
> +/**
> + * struct kmsg_dumper_iter - iterator for kernel crash message dumper
> + * @active:	Flag that specifies if this is currently dumping
> + * @cur_seq:	The record to dump (private)
> + * @next_seq:	The first record of the next block (private)

Just to be sure. This description should get update if you agree with
the alternative one in the 1st patch.

> + */
> +struct kmsg_dumper_iter {
> +	bool	active;
> +	u64	cur_seq;
> +	u64	next_seq;
> +};
> +

Otherwise, I like this change.

Best Regards,
Petr