Jocelyn Falempe <[email protected]> writes: > Add a kmsg dump option, which will display the last lines of kmsg, > and should be similar to fbcon. > Add a Kconfig choice for the panic screen, so that the user can > choose between this new kmsg dump, or the userfriendly option. > > Signed-off-by: Jocelyn Falempe <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 21 +++++ > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > index 9703429de6b9..78d401b55102 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > @@ -137,6 +137,27 @@ config DRM_PANIC_DEBUG > This is unsafe and should not be enabled on a production build. > If in doubt, say "N". > > +choice > + prompt "Panic screen formater" > + default DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_USERFRIENDLY > + depends on DRM_PANIC > + help > + This option enable to choose what will be displayed when a kernel > + panic occurs. > + > + config DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_USERFRIENDLY > + bool "Default user friendly message" > + help > + Only a short message telling the user to reboot the system. > + > + config DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_KMSG > + bool "Display the last lines of kmsg" > + help > + Display kmsg last lines on panic. > + Enable if you are a kernel developer, and want to debug a > + kernel panic. > +endchoice
Why having it as a compile time option and not a runtime option ? AFAICT this could be a drm.panic_format= kernel command line parameter instead. [...] > -/* > - * Draw the panic message at the center of the screen > - */ > +#if defined(CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_USERFRIENDLY) > + And that could avoid ifdefery in the C file. [...] > +#elif defined(CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_KMSG) > + > +#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h> > +#include <linux/printk.h> > + I would add these even if guarded by DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_KMSG, to the start of the C file where are the other headers include directives. The patch looks good to me though, so if you prefer to keep it as a build time option: Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]> -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat
