Hi Ankit, > After commit c950fd6f201a kernel registers pstore write based on flag > set. Pstore write for powerpc is broken as flags(PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG) > is not set for powerpc architecture. On panic, kernel doesn't write > message to /fs/pstore/dmesg*(Entry doesn't gets created at all). > > This patch enables pstore write for powerpc architecture by setting > PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG flag. > > Fixes:c950fd6f201a pstore: Split pstore fragile flags
Ouch! We've used pstore to shoot customer bugs, so we should also mark this for stable. Looks like 4.9 onwards? Anton > Signed-off-by: Ankit Kumar <an...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > > arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c index d5e2b83..021db31 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c > @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum > pstore_type_id *type, static struct pstore_info nvram_pstore_info = { > .owner = THIS_MODULE, > .name = "nvram", > + .flags = PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG, > .open = nvram_pstore_open, > .read = nvram_pstore_read, > .write = nvram_pstore_write,