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-rw-r--r--fs/pstore/ram.c22
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 58b93fbd117e..b39aebbaeb89 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(dump_oops,
static int ramoops_ecc;
module_param_named(ecc, ramoops_ecc, int, 0600);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ramoops_ecc,
- "set to 1 to enable ECC support");
+ "if non-zero, the option enables ECC support and specifies "
+ "ECC buffer size in bytes (1 is a special value, means 16 "
+ "bytes ECC)");
struct ramoops_context {
struct persistent_ram_zone **przs;
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ struct ramoops_context {
size_t record_size;
size_t console_size;
int dump_oops;
- bool ecc;
+ int ecc_size;
unsigned int max_dump_cnt;
unsigned int dump_write_cnt;
unsigned int dump_read_cnt;
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ static int ramoops_init_przs(struct device *dev, struct ramoops_context *cxt,
for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++) {
size_t sz = cxt->record_size;
- cxt->przs[i] = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, sz, cxt->ecc);
+ cxt->przs[i] = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, sz, cxt->ecc_size);
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",
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@ static int ramoops_init_prz(struct device *dev, struct ramoops_context *cxt,
if (*paddr + sz > *paddr + cxt->size)
return -ENOMEM;
- *prz = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, sz, cxt->ecc);
+ *prz = persistent_ram_new(*paddr, sz, cxt->ecc_size);
if (IS_ERR(*prz)) {
int err = PTR_ERR(*prz);
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ static int __devinit ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
cxt->record_size = pdata->record_size;
cxt->console_size = pdata->console_size;
cxt->dump_oops = pdata->dump_oops;
- cxt->ecc = pdata->ecc;
+ cxt->ecc_size = pdata->ecc_size;
paddr = cxt->phys_addr;
@@ -411,9 +413,9 @@ static int __devinit ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
record_size = pdata->record_size;
dump_oops = pdata->dump_oops;
- pr_info("attached 0x%lx@0x%llx, ecc: %s\n",
+ pr_info("attached 0x%lx@0x%llx, ecc: %d\n",
cxt->size, (unsigned long long)cxt->phys_addr,
- ramoops_ecc ? "on" : "off");
+ cxt->ecc_size);
return 0;
@@ -478,7 +480,11 @@ static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
dummy_data->record_size = record_size;
dummy_data->console_size = ramoops_console_size;
dummy_data->dump_oops = dump_oops;
- dummy_data->ecc = ramoops_ecc;
+ /*
+ * For backwards compatibility ramoops.ecc=1 means 16 bytes ECC
+ * (using 1 byte for ECC isn't much of use anyway).
+ */
+ dummy_data->ecc_size = ramoops_ecc == 1 ? 16 : ramoops_ecc;
dummy = platform_device_register_data(NULL, "ramoops", -1,
dummy_data, sizeof(struct ramoops_platform_data));