pstore/blk: Introduce "best_effort" mode
In order to use arbitrary block devices as a pstore backend, provide a new module param named "best_effort", which will allow using any block device, even if it has not provided a panic_write callback. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200511233229.27745-12-keescook@chromium.org/ Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static long ftrace_size = -1;
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module_param(ftrace_size, long, 0400);
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MODULE_PARM_DESC(ftrace_size, "ftrace size in kbytes");
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static bool best_effort;
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module_param(best_effort, bool, 0400);
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MODULE_PARM_DESC(best_effort, "use best effort to write (i.e. do not require storage driver pstore support, default: off)");
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/*
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* blkdev - the block device to use for pstore storage
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*
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@ -374,7 +378,8 @@ static int __register_pstore_blk(struct pstore_blk_info *info)
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}
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/* only allow driver matching the @blkdev */
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if (!binfo.devt || MAJOR(binfo.devt) != info->major) {
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if (!binfo.devt || (!best_effort &&
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MAJOR(binfo.devt) != info->major)) {
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pr_debug("invalid major %u (expect %u)\n",
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info->major, MAJOR(binfo.devt));
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ret = -ENODEV;
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@ -476,6 +481,20 @@ int pstore_blk_get_config(struct pstore_blk_config *info)
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_blk_get_config);
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static int __init pstore_blk_init(void)
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{
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struct pstore_blk_info info = { };
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int ret = 0;
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mutex_lock(&pstore_blk_lock);
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if (!pstore_zone_info && best_effort && blkdev[0])
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ret = __register_pstore_blk(&info);
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mutex_unlock(&pstore_blk_lock);
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return ret;
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}
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late_initcall(pstore_blk_init);
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static void __exit pstore_blk_exit(void)
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{
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mutex_lock(&pstore_blk_lock);
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