linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 01/11] kernel: Add support for kernel restart handler call chain

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:08:37 -0700
From:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Jonas Jensen <jonas.jensen@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Tomasz Figa <t.figa@...sung.com>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/11] kernel: Add support for kernel restart handler
 call chain

Guenter,

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> Various drivers implement architecture and/or device specific means
> to restart (reset) the system. Various mechanisms have been implemented
> to support those schemes. The best known mechanism is arm_pm_restart,
> which is a function pointer to be set either from platform specific code
> or from drivers. Another mechanism is to use hardware watchdogs to issue
> a reset; this mechanism is used if there is no other method available
> to reset a board or system. Two examples are alim7101_wdt, which currently
> uses the reboot notifier to trigger a reset, and moxart_wdt, which registers
> the arm_pm_restart function.
>
> The existing mechanisms have a number of drawbacks. Typically only one scheme
> to restart the system is supported (at least if arm_pm_restart is used).
> At least in theory there can be multiple means to restart the system, some of
> which may be less desirable (for example one mechanism may only reset the CPU,
> while another may reset the entire system). Using arm_pm_restart can also be
> racy if the function pointer is set from a driver, as the driver may be in
> the process of being unloaded when arm_pm_restart is called.
> Using the reboot notifier is always racy, as it is unknown if and when
> other functions using the reboot notifier have completed execution
> by the time the watchdog fires.
>
> Introduce a system restart handler call chain to solve the described problems.
> This call chain is expected to be executed from the architecture specific
> machine_restart() function. Drivers providing system restart functionality
> (such as the watchdog drivers mentioned above) are expected to register
> with this call chain. By using the priority field in the notifier block,
> callers can control restart handler execution sequence and thus ensure that
> the restart handler with the optimal restart capabilities for a given system
> is called first.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
> ---
> v7: Rebased to v3.17-rc1
> v6: Use atomic notifier call chain
> v5: Function renames:
>     register_restart_notifier -> register_restart_handler
>     unregister_restart_notifier -> unregister_restart_handler
>     kernel_restart_notify -> do_kernel_restart
> v4: Document and suggest values for notifier priorities
> v3: Add kernel_restart_notify wrapper function to execute notifier.
>     Improve documentation.
>     Move restart_notifier_list into kernel/reboot.c and make it static.
> v2: No change.
>
>  include/linux/reboot.h |  3 ++
>  kernel/reboot.c        | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 84 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Tested-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
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