sysdump: rework ignore list code and ignore further files

When getting towards /sys/kernel/tracing, the script is known to hang
at least at the following files:

* /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
* /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu[0-9]+/trace_pipe
* /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu[0-9]+/trace_pipe_raw
* /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu[0-9]+/snapshot_raw

So we need to extend the list of files to be ignored.

While at it, rework the checks and ignore a bunch of further files, that
can't be read, e.g. due to "Permission denied".

FTR, we sadly can't ignore "/sys/.*/uevent" files globally, as
there are a bunch of files that contain and also provide actual data.

Thanks: Darshaka Patirana for tracking down the /sys/kernel/tracing/* issue
Closes: grml/grml-hwinfo#3

diff --git a/sysdump b/sysdump
index e83738b..ea1a250 100755 (executable)
--- a/sysdump
+++ b/sysdump
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 #    (at your option) any later version.
-# 
+#
 #    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 #    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 #    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 #    GNU General Public License for more details.
-# 
+#
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
@@ -62,13 +62,45 @@ sub dump_value($$)
        my $level = shift;
        my $file = shift;
 
-       if ($file =~ "/sys/kernel/debug/.*") {
-               print("ignoring file $file\n");
-               return 0;
-       }
-       if ($file =~ "/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/revision") {
-               print("ignoring file $file\n");
-               return 0;
+       # ignore list: files that we can't read or are known to cause problems
+       SWITCH: for ($file) {
+               (
+                       /.*\/bind$/ ||
+                       /.*\/clear$/ ||
+                       /.*\/delete$/ ||
+                       /.*\/delete_device$/ ||
+                       /.*\/drivers_probe$/ ||
+                       /.*\/host_reset$/ ||
+                       /.*\/new_device$/ ||
+                       /.*\/new_id$/ ||
+                       /.*\/reconfig$/ ||
+                       /.*\/remove$/ ||
+                       /.*\/remove_id$/ ||
+                       /.*\/rescan$/ ||
+                       /.*\/reset$/ ||
+                       /.*\/scan$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/class\/gpio\/export$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/class\/gpio\/unexport$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/platform\/i8042\/serio[0-9]+\/drvctl$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/system\/clockevents\/clockevent[0-9]+\/unbind_device$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/system\/clocksource\/clocksource[0-9]+\/unbind_clocksource$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/system\/memory\/hard_offline_page$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/system\/memory\/soft_offline_page$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/system\/node\/node[0-9]\/compact$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/devices\/virtual\/graphics\/fbcon\/rotate_all$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/firmware\/efi\/vars\/del_var$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/firmware\/efi\/vars\/new_var$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/kernel\/debug\/.*/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/kernel\/security\/apparmor\/revision$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/kernel\/tracing\/per_cpu\/cpu[0-9]+\/snapshot_raw$/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/kernel\/tracing\/per_cpu\/cpu[0-9]+\/trace_pipe.*/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/kernel\/tracing\/trace_pipe/ ||
+                       /\/sys\/module\/md_mod\/parameters\/new_array$/ ||
+                       /.*\/unbind$/
+               ) && do {
+                       print "ignoring file $file\n";
+                       return 0;
+               }
        }
 
        if (!open (FILE, "<$file")) {