mtd: Support kmsg dumper based on pstore/blk

This introduces mtdpstore, which is similar to mtdoops but more
powerful. It uses pstore/blk, and aims to store panic and oops logs to
a flash partition, where pstore can later read back and present as files
in the mounted pstore filesystem.

To make mtdpstore work, the "blkdev" of pstore/blk should be set
as MTD device name or MTD device number. For more details, see
Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst

This solves a number of issues:
- Work duplication: both of pstore and mtdoops do the same job storing
  panic/oops log. They have very similar logic, registering to kmsg
  dumper and storing logs to several chunks one by one.
- Layer violations: drivers should provides methods instead of polices.
  MTD should provide read/write/erase operations, and allow a higher
  level drivers to provide the chunk management, kmsg dump
  configuration, etc.
- Missing features: pstore provides many additional features, including
  presenting the logs as files, logging dump time and count, and
  supporting other frontends like pmsg, console, etc.

Signed-off-by: WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200511233229.27745-11-keescook@chromium.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1589266715-4168-1-git-send-email-liaoweixiong@allwinnertech.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 56cc60ccc477..593d0593a038 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RFD_FTL)		+= rfd_ftl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SSFDC)		+= ssfdc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SM_FTL)		+= sm_ftl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_OOPS)		+= mtdoops.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_PSTORE)	+= mtdpstore.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_SWAP)		+= mtdswap.o
 
 nftl-objs		:= nftlcore.o nftlmount.o