linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] kernel/debug: Make use of KGDB_REASON

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:53:04 -0500
From:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
CC:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>, <patches@...aro.org>,
	<kernel-team@...roid.com>, <kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] kernel/debug: Make use of KGDB_REASON_NMI

On 07/30/2012 06:58 AM, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> Currently kernel never set KGDB_REASON_NMI. We do now, when we enter
> KGDB/KDB from an NMI.
>
> This is not to be confused with kgdb_nmicallback(), NMI callback is
> an entry for the slave CPUs during CPUs roundup, but REASON_NMI is the
> entry for the master CPU.

No need for confusion here :-)

I'll take this one for the kernel merge window if it passes regression tests, no reason not to be setting the stop codes properly.

Thanks,
Jason.

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