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2012-12-12	pstore/ftrace: Adjust for ftrace_ops->func prototype change	Anton Vorontsov	1	-1/+3
	This commit fixes the following warning: fs/pstore/ftrace.c:51:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] fs/pstore/ftrace.c:51:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘pstore_ftrace_ops.func’) [enabled by defaula Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
2012-09-06	pstore/ftrace: Convert to its own enable/disable debugfs knob	Anton Vorontsov	1	-1/+95
	With this patch we no longer reuse function tracer infrastructure, now we register our own tracer back-end via a debugfs knob. It's a bit more code, but that is the only downside. On the bright side we have: - Ability to make persistent_ram module removable (when needed, we can move ftrace_ops struct into a module). Note that persistent_ram is still not removable for other reasons, but with this patch it's just one thing less to worry about; - Pstore part is more isolated from the generic function tracer. We tried it already by registering our own tracer in available_tracers, but that way we're loosing ability to see the traces while we record them to pstore. This solution is somewhere in the middle: we only register "internal ftracer" back-end, but not the "front-end"; - When there is only pstore tracing enabled, the kernel will only write to the pstore buffer, omitting function tracer buffer (which, of course, still can be enabled via 'echo function > current_tracer'). Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
2012-07-17	pstore: Add persistent function tracing	Anton Vorontsov	1	-0/+35
	With this support kernel can save function call chain log into a persistent ram buffer that can be decoded and dumped after reboot through pstore filesystem. It can be used to determine what function was last called before a reset or panic. We store the log in a binary format and then decode it at read time. p.s. Mostly the code comes from trace_persistent.c driver found in the Android git tree, written by Colin Cross <ccross@android.com> (according to sign-off history). I reworked the driver a little bit, and ported it to pstore. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>