mtdoops 和 kdump 原理

kdump 可以记录 kernel panic 等log信息，他的原理就是建立一个工作队列，把kmsg log 备份到一个mtd分区上。

是在drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c 中实现的。

1. module_init/ module_exit

module_init(mtdoops_init);
module_exit(mtdoops_exit);

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Richard Purdie <[email protected]>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTD Oops/Panic console logger/driver");

static int __init mtdoops_init(void)
{
        struct mtdoops_context *cxt = &oops_cxt;
        int mtd_index;
        char *endp;

        if (strlen(mtddev) == 0) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: mtd device (mtddev=name/number) must be supplied\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if ((record_size & 4095) != 0) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: record_size must be a multiple of 4096\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if (record_size < 4096) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: record_size must be over 4096 bytes\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }

        /* Setup the MTD device to use */
        cxt->mtd_index = -1;
        mtd_index = simple_strtoul(mtddev, &endp, 0);
        if (*endp == '\0')
                cxt->mtd_index = mtd_index;
        if (cxt->mtd_index > MAX_MTD_DEVICES) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: invalid mtd device number (%u) given\n",
                                mtd_index);
                return -EINVAL;
        }

        cxt->oops_buf = vmalloc(record_size);
        if (!cxt->oops_buf) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mtdoops: failed to allocate buffer workspace\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
        memset(cxt->oops_buf, 0xff, record_size);

        //建了2个工作队列，一个擦除，一个写入
        INIT_WORK(&cxt->work_erase, mtdoops_workfunc_erase);
        INIT_WORK(&cxt->work_write, mtdoops_workfunc_write);

        //注册mtd user， 用来在用户空间操作MTD。
        register_mtd_user(&mtdoops_notifier);
        return 0;
}

static void __exit mtdoops_exit(void)
{
        struct mtdoops_context *cxt = &oops_cxt;

        unregister_mtd_user(&mtdoops_no