linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: UV kdump reboot fix

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Date:	Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:41:40 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: UV kdump reboot fix


* Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com> wrote:

> 
> After a crash dump on an SGI Altix UV system the crash kernel fails to
> cause a reboot.
> Only the reboot_type of BOOT_ACPI works.
> Other boot types ...BOOT_EFI, _KBD, _TRIPLE... fail.
> 
> The system's BIOS has an EFI layer, so it is a bit of a mystery to me
> why BOOT_EFI fails.  Can someone explain that?
> 
> Diffed against 2.6.37-rc2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c |    6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include <linux/dmi.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/tboot.h>
> +#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
>  #include <acpi/reboot.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
>  #include <asm/apic.h>
> @@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
>  #include <asm/pci_x86.h>
>  #include <asm/virtext.h>
>  #include <asm/cpu.h>
> +#include <asm/uv/uv.h>
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>  # include <linux/ctype.h>
> @@ -675,6 +677,10 @@ static void native_machine_restart(char 
>  
>  	if (!reboot_force)
>  		machine_shutdown();
> +
> +	if (is_uv_system() && is_kdump_kernel())
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
> +
>  	__machine_emergency_restart(0);

This kind of is_uv_system() hackery in core x86 code is really unacceptable!

Either add a proper reboot quirk or add platform ops support for UV reboot, a'la:

 cfb505a7ebd4: x86: mrst: Add Moorestown specific reboot/shutdown support

In fact all is_uv_system() checkery hacks in core x86 code should be eliminated:

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:   if (is_uv_system())
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:      if (is_uv_system())
 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:      if (is_uv_system()) {

and proper platform_ops (or machine_ops) should be introduced instead.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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