Re: [PATCH v2] platform/chrome: chromeos_pstore: Add ecc_size module parameter
From: Tzung-Bi Shih
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 11:11:40 EST
On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 02:04:58PM +0900, Naoya Tezuka wrote:
> On ChromiumOS devices, the ecc_size is set to 0 (check dmesg | grep ecc
> to see `ecc: 0`): this disables ECC for ramoops region, even when
> ramoops.ecc=1 is given to kernel command line parameter.
>
> This patch introduces ecc_size module parameter to provide an method to
> turn on ECC for ramoops and set different values of ecc_size per devices.
The doc [1] suggests to describe changes in imperative mood. If you have
chance to send next version, please fix it. Otherwise, it doesn't really
bother me.
[1]: https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html
> @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> #include <linux/pstore_ram.h>
>
> +static int ecc_size;
> +module_param(ecc_size, int, 0444);
Does it need to be world-readable? How about 0400?
> @@ -117,6 +121,9 @@ static int __init chromeos_pstore_init(void)
> {
> bool acpi_dev_found;
>
> + if (ecc_size > 0)
> + chromeos_ramoops_data.ecc_info.ecc_size = ecc_size;
It seems `ecc_size` doesn't have an upper bound. Wondering what would
be happened if it is a somehow large value.