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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/pstore/inode.c | 18 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore index ff1df4e3b059..5fca9f5e10a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Where: /dev/pstore/... +Where: /sys/fs/pstore/... (or /dev/pstore/...) Date: March 2011 Kernel Version: 2.6.39 Contact: tony.luck@intel.com @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage. of the console log is captured, but other interesting data can also be saved. - # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /dev/pstore + # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /sys/fs/pstore - $ ls -l /dev/pstore + $ ls -l /sys/fs/pstore/ total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1 @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage. the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use. - $ rm /dev/pstore/dmesg-erst-1 + $ rm /sys/fs/pstore/dmesg-erst-1 - The expectation is that all files in /dev/pstore + The expectation is that all files in /sys/fs/pstore/ will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store soon after boot to free up space ready for the next catastrophe. diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c index 67de74ca85f4..e4bcb2cf055a 100644 --- a/fs/pstore/inode.c +++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c @@ -418,9 +418,25 @@ static struct file_system_type pstore_fs_type = { .kill_sb = pstore_kill_sb, }; +static struct kobject *pstore_kobj; + static int __init init_pstore_fs(void) { - return register_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type); + int err = 0; + + /* Create a convenient mount point for people to access pstore */ + pstore_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("pstore", fs_kobj); + if (!pstore_kobj) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + + err = register_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type); + if (err < 0) + kobject_put(pstore_kobj); + +out: + return err; } module_init(init_pstore_fs) |