After commit c950fd6f201a kernel registers pstore write based on flag set. Pstore write for powerpc is broken as flags(PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG) is not set for powerpc architecture. On panic, kernel doesn't write message to /fs/pstore/dmesg*(Entry doesn't gets created at all).
This patch enables pstore write for powerpc architecture by setting PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG flag. Fixes:c950fd6f201a pstore: Split pstore fragile flags Signed-off-by: Ankit Kumar <an...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c index d5e2b83..021db31 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type, static struct pstore_info nvram_pstore_info = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .name = "nvram", + .flags = PSTORE_FLAGS_DMESG, .open = nvram_pstore_open, .read = nvram_pstore_read, .write = nvram_pstore_write, -- 2.7.4