linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen/x86: set panic notifier priority to minimum

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 18:56:25 +0200
From:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: [PATCH] xen/x86: set panic notifier priority to minimum

Execution is not going to continue after telling Xen about the crash.
Let other panic notifiers run by postponing the final hypercall as much
as possible.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index c34bfc4..f17b292 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ xen_panic_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 
 static struct notifier_block xen_panic_block = {
 	.notifier_call= xen_panic_event,
+	.priority = INT_MIN
 };
 
 int xen_panic_handler_init(void)
-- 
1.9.0

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