Re: [PATCH v11 3/7] power: reset: Introduce PSCR Recording Framework for Non-Volatile Storage
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2025-07-16 12:43:50
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Overall, no real issues, just some very minor ones: On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 02:02:51PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
+ * Sysfs Interface: + * ---------------- + * /sys/kernel/pscrr/reason - Read/write current power state change + * reason + * /sys/kernel/pscrr/reason_boot - Read-only last recorded reason from + * previous boot
The sysfs documentation is in the ABI file, so it's not needed here.
+static int pscrr_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+ unsigned long action, void *unused)
+{
+ struct pscrr_backend *backend;
+ int ret;
+
+ guard(g_pscrr)(&g_pscrr);
+
+ backend = g_pscrr.backend;
+
+ if (!backend || !backend->ops || !backend->ops->write_reason)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+ ret = backend->ops->write_reason(get_psc_reason());
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("PSCRR: Failed to store reason %d (%s) at reboot, err=%pe\n",
+ get_psc_reason(), psc_reason_to_str(get_psc_reason()),
+ ERR_PTR(ret));
+ } else {
+ pr_info("PSCRR: Stored reason %d (%s) at reboot.\n",
+ get_psc_reason(), psc_reason_to_str(get_psc_reason()));Why print anything? If this works properly, it should be quiet, right?
+static ssize_t reason_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct pscrr_backend *backend;
+ enum psc_reason r;
+
+ guard(g_pscrr)(&g_pscrr);
+
+ backend = g_pscrr.backend;
+
+ if (!backend || !backend->ops)
+ return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "No backend registered\n");So a string, or an int will be returned? That's crazy, just return an error here, -ENODEV?
+
+ /* If the backend can read from hardware, do so. Otherwise, use our cached value. */
+ if (backend->ops->read_reason) {
+ if (backend->ops->read_reason(&r) == 0) {
+ /* Also update our cached value for consistency */
+ set_psc_reason(r);
+ } else {
+ /* If read fails, fallback to cached. */
+ r = get_psc_reason();
+ }
+ } else {
+ r = get_psc_reason();
+ }
+
+ return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", r);sysfs files should use sysfs_emit() so you don't get people sending you patches later on to convert it :)
+static ssize_t reason_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct pscrr_backend *backend;
+ long val;
+ int ret;
+
+ guard(g_pscrr)(&g_pscrr);
+
+ backend = g_pscrr.backend;
+
+ if (!backend || !backend->ops || !backend->ops->write_reason)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (val > U32_MAX)
+ return -ERANGE;
+
+ if (val < PSCR_UNKNOWN || val > PSCR_MAX_REASON)
+ /*
+ * Log a warning, but still attempt to write the value. In
+ * case the backend can handle it, we don't want to block it.
+ */
+ pr_warn("PSCRR: writing unknown reason %ld (out of range)\n",
+ val);Do not let userspace cause a DoS of kernel log messages just because it sent you an invalid data range.
+static struct kobj_attribute reason_attr = __ATTR(reason, 0644, reason_show, + reason_store);
__ATTR_RW(), right? If not, why not?
+static struct kobj_attribute reason_boot_attr = + __ATTR(reason_boot, 0444, reason_boot_show, NULL); /* Read-only */
__ATTR_RO(), right? Then no comment is needed :)
+int pscrr_core_init(const struct pscrr_backend_ops *ops)
+{
+ enum psc_reason stored_val = PSCR_UNKNOWN;
+ struct pscrr_backend *backend;
+ int ret;
+
+ guard(g_pscrr)(&g_pscrr);
+
+ backend = g_pscrr.backend;
+
+ if (backend) {
+ pr_err("PSCRR: Core is already initialized!\n");All of the "PSCRR:" stuff should just be set with pr_fmt being defined at the top of this file, don't put it everywhere manually.
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ if (!ops->read_reason) {
+ pr_err("PSCRR: Backend must provide read callbacks\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ backend = kzalloc(sizeof(*backend), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!backend)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ backend->ops = ops;
+ backend->last_boot_reason = PSCR_UNKNOWN;
+ g_pscrr.backend = backend;
+
+ ret = ops->read_reason(&stored_val);
+ if (!ret) {
+ backend->last_boot_reason = stored_val;
+ pr_info("PSCRR: Initial read_reason: %d (%s)\n",
+ stored_val, psc_reason_to_str(stored_val));When code works properly, it should be quiet. Don't spam the boot log please.
+ ret = sysfs_create_group(g_pscrr.kobj, &pscrr_attr_group);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("PSCRR: Failed to create sysfs group, err=%pe\n",
+ ERR_PTR(ret));
+ goto err_kobj_put;
+ }
+
+ pr_info("PSCRR: initialized successfully.\n");Same here, be quiet.
+void pscrr_core_exit(void)
+{
+ guard(g_pscrr)(&g_pscrr);
+
+ if (!g_pscrr.backend)
+ return;
+
+ if (g_pscrr.kobj) {
+ sysfs_remove_group(g_pscrr.kobj, &pscrr_attr_group);
+ kobject_put(g_pscrr.kobj);
+ }
+
+ unregister_reboot_notifier(&g_pscrr.reboot_nb);
+
+ kfree(g_pscrr.backend);
+ g_pscrr.backend = NULL;
+
+ pr_info("PSCRR: exited.\n");Same here, please be quiet. thanks, greg k-h