[PATCH v4 0/4] pstore: add multi-backend suuport

From: Yuanhe Shu
Date: Thu Mar 07 2024 - 22:17:35 EST


This is the 4th version of the patch set. In this patchset we aim to add
pstore multi-backend support then user can register more than one pstore
backend.

Changes in v4:
- Replace all rcu_read_lock with mutex
- Move bif_oops_buf, max_compressed_size and pstore_dumper into
pstore_info_list
- add a helper to do "is this name in the list" and a helper to do
"is this backend loaded"
- make comments in pstore_(un)register clearer
- return the max_seen ret or the first negative err in write_pmsg()
- add a /sys/module entry for the list of backends, comma separated
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230928024244.257687-1-xiangzao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Changes in v3:
- Fix ftrace.c build error
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240205122852.7069-1-xiangzao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Changes in v2:
- pstore.backend no longer acts as "registered backend", but
"backends eligible for registration".
- drop subdir since it will break user space
- drop tty frontend since I haven't yet devised a satisfactory
implementation strategy
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230928024244.257687-1-xiangzao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Yuanhe Shu (4):
pstore: add multi-backend support
pstore: add a /sys/module entry for loaded backends
Documentation: adjust pstore backend related document
tools/testing: adjust pstore backend related selftest

Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore | 8 +-
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +-
fs/pstore/ftrace.c | 27 +-
fs/pstore/inode.c | 57 +++-
fs/pstore/internal.h | 5 +-
fs/pstore/platform.c | 274 ++++++++++++------
fs/pstore/pmsg.c | 27 +-
include/linux/pstore.h | 23 ++
tools/testing/selftests/pstore/common_tests | 8 +-
.../selftests/pstore/pstore_post_reboot_tests | 67 +++--
tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests | 2 +-
11 files changed, 358 insertions(+), 144 deletions(-)

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