[PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation/ABI: mark /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files deprecated

Sourabh Jain sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Sat Oct 19 00:05:56 AEDT 2019


The /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files are replicated under
/sys/kernel/fadump/ directory. But we need to keep the old
sysfs files to maintain the backward compatibility.

The sysfs files are scheduled to remove by 2021.

Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
---
 .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled                   |  3 +++
 .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered                |  3 +++
 .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem               |  3 +++
 .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore          |  2 ++
 Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst  | 15 +++++++++++++--
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled (66%)
 rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered (71%)
 rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem (73%)
 rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => removed}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore (84%)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
similarity index 66%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
index f73632b1c006..ca35a285905b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled.
+
 What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
 Date:		Feb 2012
 Contact:	linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
similarity index 71%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
index dcf925e53f0f..3d881701dc11 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered.
+
 What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_registered
 Date:		Feb 2012
 Contact:	linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
similarity index 73%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
index 9c20d64ab48d..8fef37d9b5ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_mem.
+
 What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
 Date:		Feb 2012
 Contact:	linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
similarity index 84%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
rename to Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
index 53313c1d4e7a..b42e768bf922 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This ABI is moved to /sys/kernel/fadump/ directory.
+
 What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
 Date:		Sep 2019
 Contact:	linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
index 0455a78486d5..6e2d329efda9 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
@@ -283,14 +283,25 @@ Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
     enhanced to use this interface to release the memory reserved for
     dump and continue without 2nd reboot.
 
- /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
+Note: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs has moved to
+      /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_opalcore.
+
+ /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_opalcore
 
     This file is available only on OPAL based machines when FADump is
     active during capture kernel. This is used to release the memory
     used by the kernel to export /sys/firmware/opal/core file. To
     release this memory, echo '1' to it:
 
-    echo 1  > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
+    echo 1  > /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_opalcore
+
+Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
+
+    Deprecated                       Alternative
+    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled           /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled
+    /sys/kernel/fadump_registered        /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered
+    /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem       /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_mem
 
 Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
 (Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
-- 
2.17.2



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