printk: kmsg_dumper: remove @active field
authorJohn Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:15:24 +0000 (11:15 +0100)
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Mon, 8 Mar 2021 10:43:23 +0000 (11:43 +0100)
commit5f6c7648e556f41a3064bb6dceb9e102c50b618d
tree939b21c79ee830482ea536dfd34a83a6c162e92d
parent636babdc06961f173696cb664550b4cc239dde2e
printk: kmsg_dumper: remove @active field

All 6 kmsg_dumpers do not benefit from the @active flag:

  (provide their own synchronization)
  - arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
  - arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c
  - drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
  - fs/pstore/platform.c

  (only dump on KMSG_DUMP_PANIC, which does not require
  synchronization)
  - arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-kmsg.c
  - drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c

The other 2 kmsg_dump users also do not rely on @active:

  (hard-code @active to always be true)
  - arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
  - kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c

Therefore, @active can be removed.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210303101528.29901-12-john.ogness@linutronix.de
arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
kernel/printk/printk.c