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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/3] printk: honor the max_reason field in kmsg_dumper
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 10:52 PM Pavel Tatashin
<pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> wrote:
>
> > > @@ -3157,12 +3162,9 @@ void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
> > > struct kmsg_dumper *dumper;
> > > unsigned long flags;
> > >
> > > - if ((reason > KMSG_DUMP_OOPS) && !always_kmsg_dump)
> > > - return;
> > > -
> > > rcu_read_lock();
> > > list_for_each_entry_rcu(dumper, &dump_list, list) {
> > > - if (dumper->max_reason && reason > dumper->max_reason)
> > > + if (reason > dumper->max_reason)
> > > continue;
> >
> > Why always_kmsg_dump check moved from the dumper loop entry point to the
> > dumper registration code? What if the user change always_ksmsg_dump
> > dynamically via sysfs?
>
> Hi Sergey,
>
> I changed it to make code cleaner: for such basic operation there are
> too many conditions if we will keep it inside the kmsg_dump().
> However, if being able to set always_kmsg_dump dynamically during
> runtime is deemed important, I can change it back to be checked in
> kmsg_dump.

If you agree that we do not have to modify this variable dynamically,
I will also change the permission here:
module_param_named(always_kmsg_dump, always_kmsg_dump, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);

>
> Thank you,
> Pasha
>
> >
> > -ss

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