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kdump: fix crash_kexec()/smp_send_stop() race in panic()

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When two CPUs call panic at the same time there is a possible race
condition that can stop kdump.  The first CPU calls crash_kexec() and the
second CPU calls smp_send_stop() in panic() before crash_kexec() finished
on the first CPU.  So the second CPU stops the first CPU and therefore
kdump fails:

1st CPU:
  panic()->crash_kexec()->mutex_trylock(&kexec_mutex)-> do kdump

2nd CPU:
  panic()->crash_kexec()->kexec_mutex already held by 1st CPU
       ->smp_send_stop()-> stop 1st CPU (stop kdump)

This patch fixes the problem by introducing a spinlock in panic that
allows only one CPU to process crash_kexec() and the subsequent panic
code.

All other CPUs call the weak function panic_smp_self_stop() that stops the
CPU itself.  This function can be overloaded by architecture code.  For
example "tile" can use their lower-power "nap" instruction for that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Michael Holzheu 2012-01-12 17:20:18 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent bec013c40b
commit 93e13a360b
1 changed files with 17 additions and 1 deletions
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kernel/panic.c
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@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ static long no_blink(int state)
long (*panic_blink)(int state);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_blink);
/*
* Stop ourself in panic -- architecture code may override this
*/
void __weak panic_smp_self_stop(void)
{
while (1)
cpu_relax();
}
/**
* panic - halt the system
* @fmt: The text string to print
@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_blink);
*/
void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
{
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(panic_lock);
static char buf[1024];
va_list args;
long i, i_next = 0;
@ -68,8 +78,14 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
* It's possible to come here directly from a panic-assertion and
* not have preempt disabled. Some functions called from here want
* preempt to be disabled. No point enabling it later though...
*
* Only one CPU is allowed to execute the panic code from here. For
* multiple parallel invocations of panic, all other CPUs either
* stop themself or will wait until they are stopped by the 1st CPU
* with smp_send_stop().
*/
preempt_disable();
if (!spin_trylock(&panic_lock))
panic_smp_self_stop();
console_verbose();
bust_spinlocks(1);