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@@ -5,34 +5,37 @@ Sergiu Iordache <sergiu@chromium.org>
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Updated: 17 November 2011
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-0. Introduction
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+Introduction
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+------------
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Ramoops is an oops/panic logger that writes its logs to RAM before the system
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crashes. It works by logging oopses and panics in a circular buffer. Ramoops
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needs a system with persistent RAM so that the content of that area can
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survive after a restart.
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-1. Ramoops concepts
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+Ramoops concepts
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+----------------
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Ramoops uses a predefined memory area to store the dump. The start and size
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and type of the memory area are set using three variables:
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- * "mem_address" for the start
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- * "mem_size" for the size. The memory size will be rounded down to a
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- power of two.
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- * "mem_type" to specifiy if the memory type (default is pgprot_writecombine).
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-
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-Typically the default value of mem_type=0 should be used as that sets the pstore
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-mapping to pgprot_writecombine. Setting mem_type=1 attempts to use
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-pgprot_noncached, which only works on some platforms. This is because pstore
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+
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+ * ``mem_address`` for the start
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+ * ``mem_size`` for the size. The memory size will be rounded down to a
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+ power of two.
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+ * ``mem_type`` to specifiy if the memory type (default is pgprot_writecombine).
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+
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+Typically the default value of ``mem_type=0`` should be used as that sets the pstore
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+mapping to pgprot_writecombine. Setting ``mem_type=1`` attempts to use
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+``pgprot_noncached``, which only works on some platforms. This is because pstore
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depends on atomic operations. At least on ARM, pgprot_noncached causes the
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memory to be mapped strongly ordered, and atomic operations on strongly ordered
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memory are implementation defined, and won't work on many ARMs such as omaps.
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-The memory area is divided into "record_size" chunks (also rounded down to
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-power of two) and each oops/panic writes a "record_size" chunk of
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+The memory area is divided into ``record_size`` chunks (also rounded down to
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+power of two) and each oops/panic writes a ``record_size`` chunk of
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information.
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-Dumping both oopses and panics can be done by setting 1 in the "dump_oops"
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+Dumping both oopses and panics can be done by setting 1 in the ``dump_oops``
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variable while setting 0 in that variable dumps only the panics.
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The module uses a counter to record multiple dumps but the counter gets reset
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@@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ This might be useful when a hardware reset was used to bring the machine back
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to life (i.e. a watchdog triggered). In such cases, RAM may be somewhat
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corrupt, but usually it is restorable.
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-2. Setting the parameters
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+Setting the parameters
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+----------------------
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Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
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@@ -52,12 +56,13 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
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boot and then use the reserved memory for ramoops. For example, assuming a
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machine with > 128 MB of memory, the following kernel command line will tell
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the kernel to use only the first 128 MB of memory, and place ECC-protected
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- ramoops region at 128 MB boundary:
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- "mem=128M ramoops.mem_address=0x8000000 ramoops.ecc=1"
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+ ramoops region at 128 MB boundary::
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+
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+ mem=128M ramoops.mem_address=0x8000000 ramoops.ecc=1
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B. Use Device Tree bindings, as described in
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- Documentation/device-tree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt.
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- For example:
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+ ``Documentation/device-tree/bindings/reserved-memory/ramoops.txt``.
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+ For example::
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reserved-memory {
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#address-cells = <2>;
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@@ -73,60 +78,63 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
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};
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C. Use a platform device and set the platform data. The parameters can then
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- be set through that platform data. An example of doing that is:
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+ be set through that platform data. An example of doing that is::
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-#include <linux/pstore_ram.h>
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-[...]
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+ #include <linux/pstore_ram.h>
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+ [...]
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-static struct ramoops_platform_data ramoops_data = {
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+ static struct ramoops_platform_data ramoops_data = {
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.mem_size = <...>,
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.mem_address = <...>,
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.mem_type = <...>,
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.record_size = <...>,
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.dump_oops = <...>,
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.ecc = <...>,
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-};
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+ };
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-static struct platform_device ramoops_dev = {
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+ static struct platform_device ramoops_dev = {
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.name = "ramoops",
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.dev = {
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.platform_data = &ramoops_data,
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},
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-};
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+ };
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-[... inside a function ...]
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-int ret;
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+ [... inside a function ...]
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+ int ret;
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-ret = platform_device_register(&ramoops_dev);
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-if (ret) {
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+ ret = platform_device_register(&ramoops_dev);
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+ if (ret) {
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printk(KERN_ERR "unable to register platform device\n");
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return ret;
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-}
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+ }
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You can specify either RAM memory or peripheral devices' memory. However, when
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specifying RAM, be sure to reserve the memory by issuing memblock_reserve()
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-very early in the architecture code, e.g.:
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+very early in the architecture code, e.g.::
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-#include <linux/memblock.h>
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+ #include <linux/memblock.h>
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-memblock_reserve(ramoops_data.mem_address, ramoops_data.mem_size);
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+ memblock_reserve(ramoops_data.mem_address, ramoops_data.mem_size);
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-3. Dump format
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+Dump format
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+-----------
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-The data dump begins with a header, currently defined as "====" followed by a
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+The data dump begins with a header, currently defined as ``====`` followed by a
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timestamp and a new line. The dump then continues with the actual data.
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-4. Reading the data
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+Reading the data
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+----------------
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The dump data can be read from the pstore filesystem. The format for these
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-files is "dmesg-ramoops-N", where N is the record number in memory. To delete
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+files is ``dmesg-ramoops-N``, where N is the record number in memory. To delete
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a stored record from RAM, simply unlink the respective pstore file.
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-5. Persistent function tracing
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+Persistent function tracing
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+---------------------------
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Persistent function tracing might be useful for debugging software or hardware
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-related hangs. The functions call chain log is stored in a "ftrace-ramoops"
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-file. Here is an example of usage:
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+related hangs. The functions call chain log is stored in a ``ftrace-ramoops``
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+file. Here is an example of usage::
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# mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug/
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# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/pstore/record_ftrace
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