Hi Ankit,
> 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
Ouch! We've used pstore to shoot customer bugs, so we should also mark
this for stable. Looks like 4.9 onwards?
Anton
> 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,
