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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 12:38:18 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 12:38:18 -0500
commit024e4ec1856d57bb78c06ec903d29dcf716f5f47 (patch)
tree72c89ea735f2aad2f63f64444ec056d7da8e06ff /Documentation/ABI
parent850cb82b754c931c570c9cb7f10c9f2181bac617 (diff)
parentfb0af3f2b1b613e5ea75426d454c7e5b1d1eef49 (diff)
Merge tag 'please-pull-pstore' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux
Pull pstore patches from Tony Luck: "A few fixes to reduce places where pstore might hang a system in the crash path. Plus a new mountpoint (/sys/fs/pstore ... makes more sense then /dev/pstore)." Fix up trivial conflict in drivers/firmware/efivars.c * tag 'please-pull-pstore' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux: pstore: Create a convenient mount point for pstore efi_pstore: Introducing workqueue updating sysfs efivars: Disable external interrupt while holding efivars->lock efi_pstore: Avoid deadlock in non-blocking paths pstore: Avoid deadlock in panic and emergency-restart path
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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 @@
1Where: /dev/pstore/... 1Where: /sys/fs/pstore/... (or /dev/pstore/...)
2Date: March 2011 2Date: March 2011
3Kernel Version: 2.6.39 3Kernel Version: 2.6.39
4Contact: tony.luck@intel.com 4Contact: tony.luck@intel.com
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
11 of the console log is captured, but other interesting 11 of the console log is captured, but other interesting
12 data can also be saved. 12 data can also be saved.
13 13
14 # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /dev/pstore 14 # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /sys/fs/pstore
15 15
16 $ ls -l /dev/pstore 16 $ ls -l /sys/fs/pstore/
17 total 0 17 total 0
18 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1 18 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1
19 19
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
27 the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage 27 the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage
28 device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use. 28 device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use.
29 29
30 $ rm /dev/pstore/dmesg-erst-1 30 $ rm /sys/fs/pstore/dmesg-erst-1
31 31
32 The expectation is that all files in /dev/pstore 32 The expectation is that all files in /sys/fs/pstore/
33 will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store 33 will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store
34 soon after boot to free up space ready for the next 34 soon after boot to free up space ready for the next
35 catastrophe. 35 catastrophe.