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From: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:39:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation/ABI: Mark /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files
 deprecated

References: bsc#1160018 ltc#182902 jsc#SLE-9099
Patch-mainline: v5.7-rc1
Git-commit: 3f5f1f22ef10ee0278cef1243944c93aca01b236

Add a deprecation note in FADump sysfs ABI documentation files and
move them from ABI/testing to ABI/obsolete directory.

Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
[mpe: Use a proper table to fix errors from the documentation build]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191211160910.21656-6-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
Acked-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
---
 .../ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled         |  9 +++++++++
 .../ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered      | 10 ++++++++++
 .../ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem     | 10 ++++++++++
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled          |  7 -------
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered       |  8 --------
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem      |  8 --------
 Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst     | 12 ++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9c2de8b3688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
+Date:		Feb 2012
+Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description:	read only
+		Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
+		the kernel or not.
+User:		Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0360be39c98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/registered.¬
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_registered
+Date:		Feb 2012
+Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description:	read/write
+		Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
+		Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
+		dump and 0 to disable it.
+User:		Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ce0b129ab12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem.¬
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
+Date:		Feb 2012
+Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description:	write only
+		This is a special sysfs file and only available when
+		the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
+		It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
+		save the crash dump.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
deleted file mode 100644
index f73632b1c006..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
-Date:		Feb 2012
-Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
-Description:	read only
-		Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
-		the kernel or not.
-User:		Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf925e53f0f..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_registered
-Date:		Feb 2012
-Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
-Description:	read/write
-		Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
-		Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
-		dump and 0 to disable it.
-User:		Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c20d64ab48d..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-What:		/sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
-Date:		Feb 2012
-Contact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
-Description:	write only
-		This is a special sysfs file and only available when
-		the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
-		It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
-		save the crash dump.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
index 345a3405206e..2cd65a0df9b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
@@ -295,6 +295,18 @@ Note: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs has moved to
 
     echo 1  > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
 
+Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
+
++----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+| Deprecated                       | Alternative                    |
++----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+| /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled       | /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled     |
++----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+| /sys/kernel/fadump_registered    | /sys/kernel/fadump/registered  |
++----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+| /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem   | /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem |
++----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+
 Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
 (Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
 
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