linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: venus: avoid multiple core dumps

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Message-ID: <70e2b458-6cf1-4953-b9a6-2c03a0d7965a@nexus-software.ie>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:39:45 +0000
From: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
To: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@...cinc.com>,
 Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.k.varbanov@...il.com>,
 Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@...cinc.com>, Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
 Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: venus: avoid multiple core dumps

On 06/03/2024 05:53, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
> Core dump is generated whenever there is system error reported
> by firmware. Right now, multiple such dumps are generated if
> recovery fails in first attempt, since the sys error handler is
> invoked again for every failed recovery.
> To avoid it, add conditional check to generate core dump only
> once during every system error notification from firmware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@...cinc.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>