tree 635a811a625aaf5ca96b9a391632aa59f8fe47f8
parent 9507b0c838e37651030d453b9cf3b136cfeefe89
author Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@netinsight.net> 1257254343 +0100
committer David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> 1259582527 +0000

mtd: mtdoops: refactor as a kmsg_dumper

The last messages which happens before a crash might contain interesting
information about the crash. This patch reworks mtdoops using the
kmsg_dumper support instead of a console, which simplifies the code and
also includes the messages before the oops started.

On oops callbacks, the MTD device write is scheduled in a work queue (to
be able to use the regular mtd->write call), while panics call
mtd->panic_write directly. Thus, if panic_on_oops is set, the oops will
be written out during the panic.

A parameter to specify which mtd device to use (number or name), as well
as a flag, writable at runtime, to toggle wheter to dump oopses or only
panics (since oopses can often be handled by regular syslog).

The patch was massaged and amended by Artem.

Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@netinsight.net>
Reviewed-by: Anders Grafstrom <anders.grafstrom@netinsight.net>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>