Re: [PATCH 1/6] pstore: Add console log messages support

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Anton Vorontsov
<anton.vorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Pstore doesn't support logging kernel messages in run-time, it only
> dumps dmesg when kernel oopses/panics. This makes pstore useless for
> debugging hangs caused by HW issues or improper use of HW (e.g.
> weird device inserted -> driver tried to write a reserved bits ->
> SoC hanged. In that case we don't get any messages in the pstore.
>
> Therefore, let's add a runtime logging support: PSTORE_TYPE_CONSOLE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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