Writing '1' to /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore would release the memory held by kernel in exporting /proc/opalcore file.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbath...@linux.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c index 8bf687d..5503b8b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ #include <linux/proc_fs.h> #include <linux/elf.h> #include <linux/elfcore.h> +#include <linux/kobject.h> +#include <linux/sysfs.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/crash_core.h> #include <linux/of.h> @@ -532,6 +534,36 @@ static void opalcore_cleanup(void) } __exitcall(opalcore_cleanup); +static ssize_t fadump_release_opalcore_store(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + int input = -1; + + if (kstrtoint(buf, 0, &input)) + return -EINVAL; + + if (input == 1) { + if (oc_conf == NULL) { + pr_err("'/proc/opalcore' file does not exist!\n"); + return -EPERM; + } + + /* + * Take away '/proc/opalcore' and release all memory + * used for exporting this file. + */ + opalcore_cleanup(); + } else + return -EINVAL; + + return count; +} + +static struct kobj_attribute opalcore_rel_attr = __ATTR(fadump_release_opalcore, + 0200, NULL, + fadump_release_opalcore_store); + /* Init function for opalcore module. */ static int __init opalcore_init(void) { @@ -558,6 +590,13 @@ static int __init opalcore_init(void) &proc_opalcore_operations); if (oc_conf->proc_opalcore) proc_set_size(oc_conf->proc_opalcore, oc_conf->opalcore_size); + + rc = sysfs_create_file(kernel_kobj, &opalcore_rel_attr.attr); + if (rc) { + pr_warn("unable to create sysfs file fadump_release_opalcore (%d)\n", + rc); + } + return 0; } fs_initcall(opalcore_init);