Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] pstore/ram: Introduce max_reason and convert dump_oops

Kees Cook
2020-05-06T21:17:32Z

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 02:15:21PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> From: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
>
> Now that pstore_register() can correctly pass max_reason to the kmesg
> dump facility, introduce a new "max_reason" module parameter and
> "max-reason" Device Tree field.
>
> The "dump_oops" module parameter and "dump-oops" Device
> Tree field are now considered deprecated, but are now automatically
> converted to their corresponding max_reason values when present, though
> the new max_reason setting has precedence.
>
> For struct ramoops_platform_data, the "dump_oops" member is entirely
> replaced by a new "max_reason" member, with the only existing user
> updated in place.
>
> Additionally remove the "reason" filter logic from ramoops_pstore_write(),
> as that is not specifically needed anymore, though technically
> this is a change in behavior for any ramoops users also setting the
> printk.always_kmsg_dump boot param, which will cause ramoops to behave as
> if max_reason was set to KMSG_DUMP_MAX.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200505154510.93506-4-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200505154510.93506-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst | 14 +++++--
> drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c | 2 +-
> fs/pstore/ram.c | 51 +++++++++++++++--------
> include/linux/pstore_ram.h | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> index 6dbcc5481000..a60a96218ba9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
> @@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ memory to be mapped strongly ordered, and atomic operations on strongly ordered
> memory are implementation defined, and won't work on many ARMs such as omaps.
>
> The memory area is divided into ``record_size`` chunks (also rounded down to
> -power of two) and each oops/panic writes a ``record_size`` chunk of
> +power of two) and each kmesg dump writes a ``record_size`` chunk of
> information.
>
> -Dumping both oopses and panics can be done by setting 1 in the ``dump_oops``
> -variable while setting 0 in that variable dumps only the panics.
> +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.
>
> The module uses a counter to record multiple dumps but the counter gets reset
> on restart (i.e. new dumps after the restart will overwrite old ones).
> @@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
> .mem_address = <...>,
> .mem_type = <...>,
> .record_size = <...>,
> - .dump_oops = <...>,
> + .max_reason = <...>,
> .ecc = <...>,
> };
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> index d13770785fb5..fa51153688b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_pstore.c
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct ramoops_platform_data chromeos_ramoops_data = {
> .record_size = 0x40000,
> .console_size = 0x20000,
> .ftrace_size = 0x20000,
> - .dump_oops = 1,
> + .max_reason = KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
> };
>
> static struct platform_device chromeos_ramoops = {
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index c2f76b650f91..b8dac1d04e96 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ module_param(mem_type, uint, 0600);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(mem_type,
> "set to 1 to try to use unbuffered memory (default 0)");
>
> -static int dump_oops = 1;
> -module_param(dump_oops, int, 0600);
> +static int ramoops_dump_oops = -1;
> +module_param_named(dump_oops, ramoops_dump_oops, int, 0400);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops,
> - "set to 1 to dump oopses, 0 to only dump panics (default 1)");
> + "set to 1 to dump oopses & panics, 0 to only dump panics (deprecated: use max_reason instead)");
> +
> +static int ramoops_max_reason = KMESG_DUMP_OOPS;

This is what I get for a "quick change right before sending". This
is a typo and should be KMSG_DUMP_OOPS. :|

--
Kees Cook