The module uses a counter to record multiple dumps but the counter gets reset
on restart (i.e. new dumps after the restart will overwrite old ones).
+Ramoops also supports software ECC protection of persistent memory regions.
+This might be useful when a hardware reset was used to bring the machine back
+to life (i.e. a watchdog triggered). In such cases, RAM may be somewhat
+corrupt, but usually it is restorable.
+
2. Setting the parameters
Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in 2 different manners:
.mem_address = <...>,
.record_size = <...>,
.dump_oops = <...>,
+ .ecc = <...>,
};
static struct platform_device ramoops_dev = {
MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops,
"set to 1 to dump oopses, 0 to only dump panics (default 1)");
+static int ramoops_ecc;
+module_param_named(ecc, ramoops_ecc, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ramoops_ecc,
+ "set to 1 to enable ECC support");
+
struct ramoops_context {
struct persistent_ram_zone **przs;
phys_addr_t phys_addr;
unsigned long size;
size_t record_size;
int dump_oops;
+ bool ecc;
unsigned int count;
unsigned int max_count;
unsigned int read_count;
cxt->phys_addr = pdata->mem_address;
cxt->record_size = pdata->record_size;
cxt->dump_oops = pdata->dump_oops;
+ cxt->ecc = pdata->ecc;
cxt->przs = kzalloc(sizeof(*cxt->przs) * cxt->max_count, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cxt->przs) {
size_t sz = cxt->record_size;
phys_addr_t start = cxt->phys_addr + sz * i;
- cxt->przs[i] = persistent_ram_new(start, sz, 0);
+ cxt->przs[i] = persistent_ram_new(start, sz, cxt->ecc);
if (IS_ERR(cxt->przs[i])) {
err = PTR_ERR(cxt->przs[i]);
dev_err(dev, "failed to request mem region (0x%zx@0x%llx): %d\n",
record_size = pdata->record_size;
dump_oops = pdata->dump_oops;
- pr_info("attached 0x%lx@0x%llx (%ux0x%zx)\n",
+ pr_info("attached 0x%lx@0x%llx (%ux0x%zx), ecc: %s\n",
cxt->size, (unsigned long long)cxt->phys_addr,
- cxt->max_count, cxt->record_size);
+ cxt->max_count, cxt->record_size,
+ ramoops_ecc ? "on" : "off");
return 0;
dummy_data->mem_address = mem_address;
dummy_data->record_size = record_size;
dummy_data->dump_oops = dump_oops;
+ dummy_data->ecc = ramoops_ecc;
dummy = platform_create_bundle(&ramoops_driver, ramoops_probe,
NULL, 0, dummy_data,
sizeof(struct ramoops_platform_data));