kernel_optimize_test/arch/ia64
Hidetoshi Seto 6cc3efcdf0 [IA64] kexec: Unregister MCA handler before kexec
Summary:

  MCA on the beginning of kdump/kexec kernel will result in unexpected
  behavior because MCA handler for previous kernel is invoked on the
  kdump kernel.

Description:

  Once a cpu is passed to new kernel, all resources in previous kernel
  should not be used from the cpu.  Even the resources for MCA handler
  are no exception.  So we cannot handle MCAs and its machine check
  errors during kernel transition, until new handler for new kernel is
  registered with new resources ready for handling the MCA.

How to reproduce:

  Assert MCA while kdump kernel is booting, before new MCA handler for
  kdump kernel is registered.

Expected(Desirable) results:

  No recovery, cancel kdump and reboot the system.

Actual results:

  MCA handler for previous kernel is invoked on the kdump kernel.
  => panic, hang etc. (unexpected)

Proposed fix:

  To avoid entering MCA handler from early stage of new kernel,
  unregister the entry point from SAL before leave from current
  kernel.  Then SAL will make all MCAs to warmboot safely, without
  invoking OS_MCA.

Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: Haren Myneni <hbabu@us.ibm.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Acked-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2009-09-14 16:18:17 -07:00
..
configs sgi-gru: remove SGI_GRU as a valid config option for ia64 configs with SGI_UV 2009-04-02 19:05:07 -07:00
dig x86, ia64: convert to use generic dma_map_ops struct 2009-01-06 14:06:57 +01:00
hp Pull for-2.6.31 into release 2009-06-17 09:35:24 -07:00
ia32 generic compat_sys_ustat 2009-03-27 14:43:57 -04:00
include/asm [IA64] kexec: Make INIT safe while transition to 2009-09-14 16:18:02 -07:00
kernel [IA64] kexec: Unregister MCA handler before kexec 2009-09-14 16:18:17 -07:00
kvm KVM: ia64: fix build failures due to ia64/unsigned long mismatches 2009-08-05 15:04:16 +03:00
lib [IA64] fix csum_ipv6_magic() 2009-09-02 09:14:48 -07:00
mm Move FAULT_FLAG_xyz into handle_mm_fault() callers 2009-06-21 13:08:22 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: more whitespace fixes 2008-10-15 20:55:51 +02:00
pci ia64/PCI: adjust section annotation for pcibios_setup() 2009-06-30 16:26:53 -07:00
scripts ia64/pv_ops/pvchecker: support mov = ar.itc paravirtualization 2009-03-26 10:50:09 -07:00
sn [IA64] sprintf should not be used with same source & destination address 2009-06-30 14:02:00 -07:00
uv [IA64] Simplify SGI uv vs. sn2 driver issues 2008-11-04 11:29:39 -08:00
xen [IA64] remove obsolete irq_desc_t typedef 2009-06-15 14:34:31 -07:00
install.sh
Kconfig dma-mapping: ia64: add CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG support 2009-06-18 13:03:58 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile arch/ia64/Makefile: Remove -mtune=merced in IA64 kernel build 2009-08-11 14:52:11 -07:00
module.lds