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 <rpurdie@openedhand.com>");
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