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-rw-r--r--fs/pstore/ram.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index f753f3b6f88d..487ee39b438a 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ static int notrace ramoops_pstore_write(struct pstore_record *record)
prz = cxt->dprzs[cxt->dump_write_cnt];
+ /*
+ * Since this is a new crash dump, we need to reset the buffer in
+ * case it still has an old dump present. Without this, the new dump
+ * will get appended, which would seriously confuse anything trying
+ * to check dump file contents. Specifically, ramoops_read_kmsg_hdr()
+ * expects to find a dump header in the beginning of buffer data, so
+ * we must to reset the buffer values, in order to ensure that the
+ * header will be written to the beginning of the buffer.
+ */
+ persistent_ram_zap(prz);
+
/* Build header and append record contents. */
hlen = ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(prz, record);
if (!hlen)