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SubjectRE: [V5 PATCH 2/4] panic/x86: Allow cpus to save registers even if they are looping in NMI context
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> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:48:53AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >
> > > + */
> > > + while (!raw_spin_trylock(&nmi_reason_lock))
> > > + poll_crash_ipi_and_callback(regs);
> >
> > Waaait a minute: so if we're getting NMIs broadcasted on every core but
> > we're *not* crash dumping, we will run into here too. This can't be
> > right. :-\
>
> This only does something if crash_ipi_done is set, which means you are killing
> the box. But perhaps a comment that states that here would be useful, or maybe
> just put in the check here.

OK, I'll add more comments around this.

> There's no need to make it depend on SMP, as
> raw_spin_trylock() will turn to just ({1}) for UP, and that code wont even be
> hit.

I'll integrate these SMP and UP versions with a comment about
that.

Regards,
--
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group




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