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SubjectRe: early_printk accessing __log_buf
On 7/18/07, Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> wrote:
> On Wed 18 Jul 2007 20:26, Andrew Morton pondered:
> > Robin Getz wrote:
> > > [need to access _log_buf from external for early debugging code]
> > >
> > > Something simple like - early_copy_log_buff(void *dest, size_t n)
> > >
> > > copies n bytes from log_buf to memory area dest. Returns number of
> > > bytes that could not be copied. Can find out how many bytes are in
> > > the log_buff by calling with zero size.
> >
> > When I was at $EARLIER_EMPLOYER, we had code in there to copy the last
> > kilobyte-odd of the log buffer into flash when the box oopsed.
> >
>
> Hmm - I think that if you call with NULL dest, and have it advance the
> pointer, you could do the same thing with something like:
>
> /* see how many bytes are in the buff */
> length = early_copy_log_buff(NULL, NULL);
> /* advance the pointer, so we only copy the last 1k */
> if (length >= 1024 )
> left = early_copy_log_buff(NULL, length - 1024);
> /* copy to temp buffer, to save to flash */
> early_copy_log_buff(buff, 1024);
> save_buff_to_flash(buff);
>
> That way - you can put this in the standard places for failure, and still have
> only one function polluting printk.c (Although if you want to use it for
> failure trapping - it's up for "normal" run time use, and doesn't go into
> __init.
>
> > Probably there are others, but they'll mainly be in the consumer/embedded
> > area, and those sorts of engineers don't read this mailing list much.
>
> Adding a few more 'embedded' folks - who might have some thoughts/opinions.

i think the attached two functions account for what Robin and Andrew
were thinking ...
-mike
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