pstore currently calls persistent_ram_save_old even if a buffer is empty. While this appears to work, it is simply not the right thing to do and could lead to bugs so lets avoid that. It also prevent misleading prints in the logs which claim the buffer is valid.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <j...@joelfernandes.org> --- fs/pstore/ram_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c index 0792595ebcfb..1299aa3ea734 100644 --- a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c +++ b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int persistent_ram_post_init(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz, u32 sig, sig ^= PERSISTENT_RAM_SIG; - if (prz->buffer->sig == sig) { + if (prz->buffer->sig == sig && buffer_size(prz)) { if (buffer_size(prz) > prz->buffer_size || buffer_start(prz) > buffer_size(prz)) pr_info("found existing invalid buffer, size %zu, start %zu\n", -- 2.19.1.568.g152ad8e336-goog