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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore10
-rw-r--r--fs/pstore/inode.c18
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore
index ff1df4e..5fca9f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Where: /dev/pstore/...
+Where: /sys/fs/pstore/... (or /dev/pstore/...)
Date: March 2011
Kernel Version: 2.6.39
Contact: tony.luck@intel.com
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
of the console log is captured, but other interesting
data can also be saved.
- # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /dev/pstore
+ # mount -t pstore -o kmsg_bytes=8000 - /sys/fs/pstore
- $ ls -l /dev/pstore
+ $ ls -l /sys/fs/pstore/
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage
device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use.
- $ rm /dev/pstore/dmesg-erst-1
+ $ rm /sys/fs/pstore/dmesg-erst-1
- The expectation is that all files in /dev/pstore
+ The expectation is that all files in /sys/fs/pstore/
will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store
soon after boot to free up space ready for the next
catastrophe.
diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 67de74c..e4bcb2c 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -418,9 +418,25 @@ static struct file_system_type pstore_fs_type = {
.kill_sb = pstore_kill_sb,
};
+static struct kobject *pstore_kobj;
+
static int __init init_pstore_fs(void)
{
- return register_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type);
+ int err = 0;
+
+ /* Create a convenient mount point for people to access pstore */
+ pstore_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("pstore", fs_kobj);
+ if (!pstore_kobj) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ err = register_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type);
+ if (err < 0)
+ kobject_put(pstore_kobj);
+
+out:
+ return err;
}
module_init(init_pstore_fs)
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