ppc/fadump: invoke kmsg_dump in fadump panic path

Browse source

fadump is registered in panic_notifier_list and gets triggered before
kmsg_dump_desc() in the panic path. As a result, kmsg_dumpers such as
pstore are not executed during fadump crashes.

This is problematic because pstore provides a critical fallback mechanism
for crash analysis. When fadump fails to successfully reboot the system
or capture a dump, pstore logs may be the only available information from
the crashed kernel. Without invoking kmsg_dump_desc() in the fadump path,
we lose this valuable diagnostic data.

Invoke kmsg_dump_desc() from the fadump panic handler, but only when
fadump is actually registered (checked via should_fadump_crash()). This
ensures kmsg_dumpers are called without duplicating the call that occurs
later in panic() when fadump is not active.

The call is placed before crash_fadump() to ensure logs are captured
before the system attempts to trigger the firmware-assisted dump.

Reported-by: Shirisha G <shirisha@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shivang Upadhyay <shivangu@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Shirisha G <shirisha@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260412113057.46090-1-shivangu@linux.ibm.com

...

This commit is contained in:

Shivang Upadhyay 2026-04-12 17:00:57 +05:30 • committed by Madhavan Srinivasan

parent 0521dbbc57

commit 6ed8332639

1 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

8

arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c

View file