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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-16 19:01:29 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-16 19:01:29 -0700
commit242e5d06be2ad2633c85313a37862e03f4450a46 (patch)
tree9a75e5efed6ee9a4f5d9769b851ab503c1fb5ef2 /Documentation
parent4c5811bf463b0ef82fabbd1708f8bb2d753aeb18 (diff)
parentafe997a183ecc0be72652c7a5ce2152bdf91724e (diff)
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] tioca: Fix assignment from incompatible pointer warnings [IA64] mca.c: Fix cast from integer to pointer warning [IA64] setup.c Typo fix "Architechtuallly" [IA64] Add CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES=y to configs that need it. [IA64] disable interrupts at end of ia64_mca_cpe_int_handler() [IA64] Add DMA_ERROR_CODE define. pstore: fix build warning for unused return value from sysfs_create_file pstore: X86 platform interface using ACPI/APEI/ERST pstore: new filesystem interface to platform persistent storage
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore
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+Where: /dev/pstore/...
+Date: January 2011
+Kernel Version: 2.6.38
+Contact: tony.luck@intel.com
+Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
+
+ Platforms that provide a mechanism to preserve some data
+ across system reboots can register with this driver to
+ provide a generic interface to show records captured in
+ the dying moments. In the case of a panic the last part
+ of the console log is captured, but other interesting
+ data can also be saved.
+
+ # mount -t pstore - /dev/pstore
+
+ $ ls -l /dev/pstore
+ total 0
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1
+
+ Different users of this interface will result in different
+ filename prefixes. Currently two are defined:
+
+ "dmesg" - saved console log
+ "mce" - architecture dependent data from fatal h/w error
+
+ Once the information in a file has been read, removing
+ the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage
+ device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use.
+
+ $ rm /dev/pstore/dmesg-erst-1
+
+ The expectation is that all files in /dev/pstore
+ will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store
+ soon after boot to free up space ready for the next
+ catastrophe.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-pstore
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+What: /sys/fs/pstore/kmsg_bytes
+Date: January 2011
+Kernel Version: 2.6.38
+Contact: "Tony Luck" <tony.luck@intel.com>
+Description:
+ Controls amount of console log that will be saved
+ to persistent store on oops/panic.