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Message-ID: <4934127A.5080503@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:36:10 -0500 From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@...thlink.net> To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> CC: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [WATCHDOG] v2.6.28 watchdog fixes Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi Linus, > > Please pull from 'master' branch of > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git > or if master.kernel.org hasn't synced up yet: > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git > > This will update the following files: > > drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 5 - > drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c | 31 ------ > drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++------------- > drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c | 4 > 4 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) > > with these Changes: > > Author: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> > Date: Sun Oct 26 15:59:37 2008 +0100 > > [WATCHDOG] hpwdt: Fix kdump when using hpwdt > > When the "hpwdt" module is loaded (even if the /dev/watchdog device is not > opened), then kdump does not work. The panic kernel either does not start at > all or crash in various places. > > The problem is that hpwdt_pretimeout is registered with register_die_notifier() > with the highest possible priority. Because it returns NOTIFY_STOP, the > crash_nmi_callback which is also registered with register_die_notifier() > is never executed. This causes the shutdown of other CPUs to fail. > > Reverting the order is no option: The crash_nmi_callback executes HLT > and so never returns normally. Because of that, it must be executed as > last notifier, which currently is done. > > So, that patch returns NOTIFY_OK to keep the crash_nmi_callback executed. > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> > Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Mingarelli <thomas.mingarelli@...com> > Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> > > Author: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> > Date: Fri Nov 14 15:47:03 2008 +0100 > > [WATCHDOG] hpwdt: set the mapped BIOS address space as executable > > The address provided by the SMBIOS/DMI CRU information is mapped via > ioremap() in the virtual address space. However, since the address is > executed (i.e. call'd), we need to set that pages as executable. > > Without that, I get following oops on a HP ProLiant DL385 G2 > machine with BIOS from 05/29/2008 when I trigger crashdump: > > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc20011090c00 > IP: [<ffffc20011090c00>] 0xffffc20011090c00 > PGD 12f813067 PUD 7fe6a067 PMD 7effe067 PTE 80000000fffd3173 > Oops: 0011 [1] SMP > last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map > CPU 1 > Modules linked in: autofs4 ipv6 af_packet cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace > cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 fuse loop dm_mod rtc_cmos ipmi_si sg rtc_core i2c > _piix4 ipmi_msghandler bnx2 sr_mod container button i2c_core hpilo joydev pcspkr > rtc_lib shpchp hpwdt cdrom pci_hotplug usbhid hid ff_memless ohci_hcd ehci_hcd > uhci_hcd usbcore edd ext3 mbcache jbd fan ide_pci_generic serverworks ide_core p > ata_serverworks pata_acpi cciss ata_generic libata scsi_mod dock thermal process > or thermal_sys hwmon > Supported: Yes > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27.5-HEAD_20081111100657-default #1 > RIP: 0010:[<ffffc20011090c00>] [<ffffc20011090c00>] 0xffffc20011090c00 > RSP: 0018:ffff88012f6f9e68 EFLAGS: 00010046 > RAX: 0000000000000d02 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 > RBP: ffff88012f6f9e98 R08: 666666666666660a R09: ffffffffa1006fc0 > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88012f6f3ea8 R12: ffffc20011090c00 > R13: ffff88012f6f9ee8 R14: 000000000000000e R15: 0000000000000000 > FS: 00007ff70b29a6f0(0000) GS:ffff88012f6512c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > CR2: ffffc20011090c00 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff88012f6f2000, task ffff88007fa8a1c0) > Stack: ffffffffa0f8502b 0000000000000002 ffffffff80738d50 0000000000000000 > 0000000000000046 0000000000000046 00000000fffffffe ffffffffa0f852ec > 0000000000000000 ffffffff804ad9a6 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > Call Trace: > Inexact backtrace: > > <NMI> [<ffffffffa0f8502b>] ? asminline_call+0x2b/0x55 [hpwdt] > [<ffffffffa0f852ec>] hpwdt_pretimeout+0x3c/0xa0 [hpwdt] > [<ffffffff804ad9a6>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x29/0x4c > [<ffffffff802587e4>] ? notify_die+0x2d/0x32 > [<ffffffff804abbdc>] ? default_do_nmi+0x53/0x1d9 > [<ffffffff804abd90>] ? do_nmi+0x2e/0x43 > [<ffffffff804ab552>] ? nmi+0xa2/0xd0 > [<ffffffff80221ef9>] ? native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3 > <<EOE>> [<ffffffff8021345d>] ? default_idle+0x38/0x54 > [<ffffffff8021359a>] ? c1e_idle+0x118/0x11c > [<ffffffff8020b3b5>] ? cpu_idle+0xa9/0xf1 > > Code: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff <55> 50 e8 00 00 00 00 58 48 2d 07 10 40 00 48 8b e8 58 e9 68 02 > RIP [<ffffc20011090c00>] 0xffffc20011090c00 > RSP <ffff88012f6f9e68> > CR2: ffffc20011090c00 > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> > Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> > Acked-by: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Mingarelli <Thomas.Mingarelli@...com> > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> > > Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > Date: Wed Nov 19 22:25:53 2008 +0000 > > [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt: add PCI ID's for ICH9 & ICH10 chipsets > > Add support for the following I/O controller hubs: > ICH7DH, ICH9M, ICH9M-E, ICH10, ICH10R, ICH10D and ICH10DO. > > Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > > Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > Date: Wed Nov 19 20:02:02 2008 +0000 > > [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt : correct status clearing > > The iTCO_wdt code was not clearing the correct bits. > It now clears the timeout status bit and then the > SECOND_TO_STS bit and then the BOOT_STS bit. > Note: we should first clear the SECOND_TO_STS bit > before clearing the BOOT_STS bit. > > Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > > Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> > Date: Wed Nov 19 19:39:58 2008 +0000 > > [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt : problem with rebooting on new ICH9 based motherboards > > Bugzilla #9868: On Intel motherboards with the ICH9 based I/O controllers > (Like DP35DP and DG33FB) the iTCO timer counts but it doesn't reboot the > system after the counter expires. Thanks Wim, can't wait to try this on my DG33FB, now if I could only get WOL to work on the integrated NIC, life would be fine. <..big snip..> Regards, Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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