linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][REGRESSION] panic: fix stack dump print on direct call to panic()

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Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:34:48 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][REGRESSION] panic: fix stack dump print on direct call
 to panic()


> The proper way to resolve the problem that original commit tried to
> solve is to avoid printing a stack dump from panic() when the either
> of the following conditions is true:
>
>    1) TAINT_DIE has been set (this is done by oops_end())
>       This indicates and oops has already been printed.
>    2) oops_in_progress>  1
>       This guards against the rare case where panic() is invoked
>       a second time, or in between oops_begin() and oops_end()

Oops. I guess can just revert it for now. Thanks for catching, Jason.

The proper solution is probably some variant of
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/mce/xpanic

Let the caller pass in the proper action instead of all these hacks.

-Andi


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