linux-kernel - RE: pstore dump inside an nmi handler

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:40:13 -0700
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
CC:	"mjg@...hat.com" <mjg@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: pstore dump inside an nmi handler

> Inside pstore_dump(), the first thing it tries to grab is a mutex_lock()
> (inside an nmi hander).  This seems to be the root cause of my problems.

Someone else pointed out that mutex_lock() is a problem here too. They
wondered whether spin_lock_irqsave() would work - or whether pstore
backends were allowed to sleep - to which I said I hoped they didn't,
but wasn't really sure what the future will hold.

So ... ideas (and patches) are most welcome.

-Tony

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