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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
PStore command
==============
Design
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Linux PStore and Ramoops modules (Linux config options PSTORE and PSTORE_RAM)
allow to use memory to pass data from the dying breath of a crashing kernel to
its successor. This command allows to read those records from U-Boot command
line.
Ramoops is an oops/panic logger that writes its logs to RAM before the system
crashes. It works by logging oopses and panics in a circular buffer. Ramoops
needs a system with persistent RAM so that the content of that area can survive
after a restart.
Ramoops uses a predefined memory area to store the dump.
Ramoops parameters can be passed as kernel parameters or through Device Tree,
i.e.::
ramoops.mem_address=0x30000000 ramoops.mem_size=0x100000 ramoops.record_size=0x2000 ramoops.console_size=0x2000 memmap=0x100000$0x30000000
The same values should be set in U-Boot to be able to retrieve the records.
This values can be set at build time in U-Boot configuration file, or at runtime.
U-Boot automatically patches the Device Tree to pass the Ramoops parameters to
the kernel.
The PStore configuration parameters are:
======================= ==========
Name Default
======================= ==========
CMD_PSTORE_MEM_ADDR
CMD_PSTORE_MEM_SIZE 0x10000
CMD_PSTORE_RECORD_SIZE 0x1000
CMD_PSTORE_CONSOLE_SIZE 0x1000
CMD_PSTORE_FTRACE_SIZE 0x1000
CMD_PSTORE_PMSG_SIZE 0x1000
CMD_PSTORE_ECC_SIZE 0
======================= ==========
Records sizes should be a power of 2.
The memory size and the record/console size must be non-zero.
Multiple 'dump' records can be stored in the memory reserved for PStore.
The memory size has to be larger than the sum of the record sizes, i.e.::
MEM_SIZE >= RECORD_SIZE * n + CONSOLE_SIZE + FTRACE_SIZE + PMSG_SIZE
Usage
-----
Generate kernel crash
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For test purpose, you can generate a kernel crash by setting reboot timeout to
10 seconds and trigger a panic::
$ sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq"
$ sudo sh -c "echo 10 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic"
$ sudo sh -c "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger"
Retrieve logs in U-Boot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First of all, unless PStore parameters as been set during U-Boot configuration
and match kernel ramoops parameters, it needs to be set using 'pstore set', e.g.::
=> pstore set 0x30000000 0x100000 0x2000 0x2000
Then all available dumps can be displayed
using::
=> pstore display
Or saved to an existing directory in an Ext2 or Ext4 partition, e.g. on root
directory of 1st partition of the 2nd MMC::
=> pstore save mmc 1:1 /
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