kernel.git/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c, branch linux-2.6.19.y

[PATCH] Change panic_on_oops message to "Fatal exception"

2006-08-14T19:54:29Z

Previously the message was "Fatal exception: panic_on_oops", as introduced in a recent patch whith removed a somewhat dangerous call to ssleep() in the panic_on_oops path. However, Paul Mackerras suggested that this was somewhat confusing, leadind people to believe that it was panic_on_oops that was the root cause of the fatal exception. On his suggestion, this patch changes the message to simply "Fatal exception". A suitable oops message should already have been displayed. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Cc: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] panic_on_oops: remove ssleep()

2006-07-31T20:28:39Z

This patch is part of an effort to unify the panic_on_oops behaviour across all architectures that implement it. It was pointed out to me by Andi Kleen that if an oops has occured in interrupt context, then calling sleep() in the oops path will only cause a panic, and that it would be really better for it not to be in the path at all. This patch removes the ssleep() call and reworks the console message accordinly. I have a slght concern that the resulting console message is too long, feedback welcome. For powerpc it also unifies the 32bit and 64bit behaviour. Fror x86_64, this patch only updates the console message, as ssleep() is already not present. Signed-off-by: Horms Acked-by: Paul Mackerras Cc: Russell King Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Chris Zankel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Remove obsolete #include

2006-06-30T17:25:36Z

Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

[PATCH] Notifier chain update: API changes

2006-03-27T16:44:50Z

The kernel's implementation of notifier chains is unsafe. There is no protection against entries being added to or removed from a chain while the chain is in use. The issues were discussed in this thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2 We noticed that notifier chains in the kernel fall into two basic usage classes: "Blocking" chains are always called from a process context and the callout routines are allowed to sleep; "Atomic" chains can be called from an atomic context and the callout routines are not allowed to sleep. We decided to codify this distinction and make it part of the API. Therefore this set of patches introduces three new, parallel APIs: one for blocking notifiers, one for atomic notifiers, and one for "raw" notifiers (which is really just the old API under a new name). New kinds of data structures are used for the heads of the chains, and new routines are defined for registration, unregistration, and calling a chain. The three APIs are explained in include/linux/notifier.h and their implementation is in kernel/sys.c. With atomic and blocking chains, the implementation guarantees that the chain links will not be corrupted and that chain callers will not get messed up by entries being added or removed. For raw chains the implementation provides no guarantees at all; users of this API must provide their own protections. (The idea was that situations may come up where the assumptions of the atomic and blocking APIs are not appropriate, so it should be possible for users to handle these things in their own way.) There are some limitations, which should not be too hard to live with. For atomic/blocking chains, registration and unregistration must always be done in a process context since the chain is protected by a mutex/rwsem. Also, a callout routine for a non-raw chain must not try to register or unregister entries on its own chain. (This did happen in a couple of places and the code had to be changed to avoid it.) Since atomic chains may be called from within an NMI handler, they cannot use spinlocks for synchronization. Instead we use RCU. The overhead falls almost entirely in the unregister routine, which is okay since unregistration is much less frequent that calling a chain. Here is the list of chains that we adjusted and their classifications. None of them use the raw API, so for the moment it is only a placeholder. ATOMIC CHAINS ------------- arch/i386/kernel/traps.c: i386die_chain arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c: ia64die_chain arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c: powerpc_die_chain arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: sparc64die_chain arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c: die_chain drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c: xaction_notifier_list kernel/panic.c: panic_notifier_list kernel/profile.c: task_free_notifier net/bluetooth/hci_core.c: hci_notifier net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c: ip_conntrack_chain net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c: ip_conntrack_expect_chain net/ipv6/addrconf.c: inet6addr_chain net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c: nf_conntrack_chain net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c: nf_conntrack_expect_chain net/netlink/af_netlink.c: netlink_chain BLOCKING CHAINS --------------- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c: pSeries_reconfig_chain arch/s390/kernel/process.c: idle_chain arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c idle_notifier drivers/base/memory.c: memory_chain drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c cpufreq_policy_notifier_list drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c cpufreq_transition_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/adb.c: adb_client_list drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c sleep_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/via-pmu68k.c sleep_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.c wf_client_list drivers/usb/core/notify.c usb_notifier_list drivers/video/fbmem.c fb_notifier_list kernel/cpu.c cpu_chain kernel/module.c module_notify_list kernel/profile.c munmap_notifier kernel/profile.c task_exit_notifier kernel/sys.c reboot_notifier_list net/core/dev.c netdev_chain net/decnet/dn_dev.c: dnaddr_chain net/ipv4/devinet.c: inetaddr_chain It's possible that some of these classifications are wrong. If they are, please let us know or submit a patch to fix them. Note that any chain that gets called very frequently should be atomic, because the rwsem read-locking used for blocking chains is very likely to incur cache misses on SMP systems. (However, if the chain's callout routines may sleep then the chain cannot be atomic.) The patch set was written by Alan Stern and Chandra Seetharaman, incorporating material written by Keith Owens and suggestions from Paul McKenney and Andrew Morton. [jes@sgi.com: restructure the notifier chain initialization macros] Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[IA64] support panic_on_oops sysctl

2006-02-15T23:16:50Z

Trivial port of this feature from i386 As it stands, panic_on_oops but does nothing on ia64 Signed-Off-By: Horms Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Handle debug traps in fsys mode

2006-01-13T22:16:08Z

We need to handle debug traps in fsys mode non-fatally. They can happen now that we have fsyscalls which contain probe instructions. Signed-off-by: Jason Uhlenkott Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Remove getting break_num by decoding instruction

2005-11-29T17:24:39Z

break.b always sets cr.iim to 0 and the current code tries to get the break_num by decoding instruction. However, their seems to be a race condition while reading the regs->cr_iip, as on other cpu the break.b at regs->cr_iip might have been replaced with the original instruction as a result of unregister_kprobe() and hence decoding instruction to obtain break_num will result in wrong value in this case. Also includes changes to kprobes.c which now has to handle break number zero. Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Extend notify_die() hooks for IA64

2005-11-07T19:27:13Z

notify_die() added for MCA_{MONARCH,SLAVE,RENDEZVOUS}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE} and INIT_{MONARCH,SLAVE}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE}. We need multiple notification points for these events because they can take many seconds to run which has nasty effects on the behaviour of the rest of the system. DIE_SS replaced by a generic DIE_FAULT which checks the vector number, to allow interception of faults other than SS. DIE_MACHINE_{HALT,RESTART} added to allow last minute close down processing, especially when the halt/restart routines are called from error handlers. DIE_OOPS added. The check for kprobe's break numbers has been moved from traps.c to kprobes.c, allowing DIE_BREAK to be used for any additional break numbers, i.e. it is no longer kprobes specific. Hooks for kernel debuggers and kernel dumpers added, ENTER and LEAVE. Both of these disable the system for long periods which impact on watchdogs and heartbeat systems in general. More patches to come that use these events to reset watchdogs and heartbeats. unregister_die_notifier() added and both routines exported. Requested by Dean Nelson. Lock removed from {un,}register_die_notifier. notifier_chain_register() already takes a lock. Also the generic notifier chain locking is being reworked to distinguish between callbacks that can block and those that cannot, the lock in {un,}register_die_notifier would interfere with that change. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2 Leading white space removed from arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c. Typo in mca.c in original version of this patch found & fixed by Dean Nelson. Signed-off-by: Keith Owens Acked-by: Dean Nelson Acked-by: Anil Keshavamurthy Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[PATCH] Kprobes: prevent possible race conditions ia64 changes

2005-09-07T23:58:00Z

This patch contains the ia64 architecture specific changes to prevent the possible race conditions. Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[IA64] Make ia64 die() preempt safe

2005-07-06T22:44:55Z

Signed-off-by: Keith Owens Signed-off-by: Tony Luck