linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] openrisc: restart: Call common handlers before hanging

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Date:   Sat, 2 Jan 2021 14:10:00 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>
Cc:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>,
        Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>,
        Openrisc <openrisc@...ts.librecores.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] openrisc: restart: Call common handlers before hanging

Hi Stafford,

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 7:11 AM Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 07:44:46PM +1030, Joel Stanley wrote:
> > Currently openrisc will print a message and then hang in an infinite
> > loop when rebooting.
> >
> > This patch adopts some code from ARM, which calls the common restart
> > infrastructure and hangs after a small delay if the restart infra
> > doesn't do anything.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
> > ---
> > Geert has a patch[1] for the litex soc code that adds a restart hander.
> > Openrisc doesn't hit that code path, this patch fixes that.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/geertu/linux/commit/7d09dc0797a8208a11eb7c0c2156c1a4c120180f

> > +     do_kernel_restart(cmd);
> As you mentioned this depends on Geert's patch.  Does he plan to submit it soon?

Will do, once I have managed to escape from Xmas-and-NY mode ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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