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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/2] pstore,efi_pstore: Avoid deadlock in non-blocking paths
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 03:11:14PM +0000, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> Changelog
> v2 -> v3
> - Merge modifications of pstore part in 2/2 to 1/2.
> - Rename pstore_is_non_blocking_path() to pstore_cannot_block_path().
>
> v1 -> v2
> - Erase a logic checking the number of online cpus.
> - Create a patchset to fix deadlocking issue in both pstore filesystem and
> efi_pstore driver.
> - Introduce a function, is_non_blocking_path(), to check if pstore
> is in panic and emergency-restart paths (PATCH 1/2)
> - Avoid efi_pstore_driver is blocked in non-blocking paths
> such as nmi, panic and emergency-restart paths (PATCH 2/2)
>
> [Issue]
>
> There are some paths in kernel which shouldn't be blocked,
> like NMI, panic case after stopping cpus, emergency-restart.

I am ok with it.

Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>


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