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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:03:17 +0200
From: Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@...itsu-siemens.com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: "vgoyal@...ibm.com" <vgoyal@...ibm.com>,
Haren Myneni <hbabu@...ibm.com>,
"kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH/RFC: [kdump] fix APIC shutdown sequence
Hello Eric,
> How bad is it if you just run with irqpoll in the kdump kernel?
> If running with irqpoll is usable that is probably preferable
> to putting in a hardware work around we can survive without.
Yes, I tried that. No effect.
> Have you done any looking at moving where the kernel initalizes
> io_apics? One of the todo items on the path is to leave
> io_apic mode enabled and just startup the kernel in io_apic
> mode.
I have tried to recover from the "IRR set" situation in several ways by
changing setup_IO_APIC_irq(). But I haven't found a way to recover from
this situation once disable_IO_APIC() had been called.
I concluded thatthe sequence of events
"send INT message - never receive EOI - disable IO-APIC pin"
messes up the IO-APIC (at least this specific one in the
PCIEx-PCI bridge of the ICH7).
The current state of affairs is that the only thing that "worked" was to
re-enable irqs.
> When doing that a version of your work around (if needed)
> would certainly be reasonable.
> My general concern is that the trickier we get in the code
> running in the crashed kernel the less reliable the entire
> process will be.
That's certainly correct. I am grateful for all hints that simplify my patch.
Thanks,
Martin
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