openwrt-xburst/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.32/930-kmsg_dump_backport.patch

--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * linux/include/kmsg_dump.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Net Insight AB
+ *
+ * Author: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@netinsight.net>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_KMSG_DUMP_H
+#define _LINUX_KMSG_DUMP_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+enum kmsg_dump_reason {
+	KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
+	KMSG_DUMP_PANIC,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct kmsg_dumper - kernel crash message dumper structure
+ * @dump:	The callback which gets called on crashes. The buffer is passed
+ * 		as two sections, where s1 (length l1) contains the older
+ * 		messages and s2 (length l2) contains the newer.
+ * @list:	Entry in the dumper list (private)
+ * @registered:	Flag that specifies if this is already registered
+ */
+struct kmsg_dumper {
+	void (*dump)(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, enum kmsg_dump_reason reason,
+			const char *s1, unsigned long l1,
+			const char *s2, unsigned long l2);
+	struct list_head list;
+	int registered;
+};
+
+void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason);
+
+int kmsg_dump_register(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper);
+
+int kmsg_dump_unregister(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KMSG_DUMP_H */
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, 
 	dump_stack();
 #endif
 
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
 	/*
 	 * If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
 	 * everything else.
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ void oops_exit(void)
 {
 	do_oops_enter_exit();
 	print_oops_end_marker();
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_OOPS);
 }
 
 #ifdef WANT_WARN_ON_SLOWPATH
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
+#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -1405,3 +1406,121 @@ bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned lon
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_timed_ratelimit);
 #endif
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dump_list_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(dump_list);
+
+/**
+ * kmsg_dump_register - register a kernel log dumper.
+ * @dump: pointer to the kmsg_dumper structure
+ *
+ * Adds a kernel log dumper to the system. The dump callback in the
+ * structure will be called when the kernel oopses or panics and must be
+ * set. Returns zero on success and %-EINVAL or %-EBUSY otherwise.
+ */
+int kmsg_dump_register(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int err = -EBUSY;
+
+	/* The dump callback needs to be set */
+	if (!dumper->dump)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+	/* Don't allow registering multiple times */
+	if (!dumper->registered) {
+		dumper->registered = 1;
+		list_add_tail(&dumper->list, &dump_list);
+		err = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmsg_dump_register);
+
+/**
+ * kmsg_dump_unregister - unregister a kmsg dumper.
+ * @dump: pointer to the kmsg_dumper structure
+ *
+ * Removes a dump device from the system. Returns zero on success and
+ * %-EINVAL otherwise.
+ */
+int kmsg_dump_unregister(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int err = -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+	if (dumper->registered) {
+		dumper->registered = 0;
+		list_del(&dumper->list);
+		err = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmsg_dump_unregister);
+
+static const char const *kmsg_reasons[] = {
+	[KMSG_DUMP_OOPS]	= "oops",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_PANIC]	= "panic",
+};
+
+static const char *kmsg_to_str(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
+{
+	if (reason >= ARRAY_SIZE(kmsg_reasons) || reason < 0)
+		return "unknown";
+
+	return kmsg_reasons[reason];
+}
+
+/**
+ * kmsg_dump - dump kernel log to kernel message dumpers.
+ * @reason: the reason (oops, panic etc) for dumping
+ *
+ * Iterate through each of the dump devices and call the oops/panic
+ * callbacks with the log buffer.
+ */
+void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
+{
+	unsigned long end;
+	unsigned chars;
+	struct kmsg_dumper *dumper;
+	const char *s1, *s2;
+	unsigned long l1, l2;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/* Theoretically, the log could move on after we do this, but
+	   there's not a lot we can do about that. The new messages
+	   will overwrite the start of what we dump. */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+	end = log_end & LOG_BUF_MASK;
+	chars = logged_chars;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+
+	if (logged_chars > end) {
+		s1 = log_buf + log_buf_len - logged_chars + end;
+		l1 = logged_chars - end;
+
+		s2 = log_buf;
+		l2 = end;
+	} else {
+		s1 = "";
+		l1 = 0;
+
+		s2 = log_buf + end - logged_chars;
+		l2 = logged_chars;
+	}
+
+	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "dump_kmsg: dump list lock is held during %s, skipping dump\n",
+				kmsg_to_str(reason));
+		return;
+	}
+	list_for_each_entry(dumper, &dump_list, list)
+		dumper->dump(dumper, reason, s1, l1, s2, l2);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+}