linux/arch
Michael Neuling 1fc711f7ff powerpc/kexec: Fix race in kexec shutdown
In kexec_prepare_cpus, the primary CPU IPIs the secondary CPUs to
kexec_smp_down().  kexec_smp_down() calls kexec_smp_wait() which sets
the hw_cpu_id() to -1.  The primary does this while leaving IRQs on
which means the primary can take a timer interrupt which can lead to
the IPIing one of the secondary CPUs (say, for a scheduler re-balance)
but since the secondary CPU now has a hw_cpu_id = -1, we IPI CPU
-1... Kaboom!

We are hitting this case regularly on POWER7 machines.

There is also a second race, where the primary will tear down the MMU
mappings before knowing the secondaries have entered real mode.

Also, the secondaries are clearing out any pending IPIs before
guaranteeing that no more will be received.

This changes kexec_prepare_cpus() so that we turn off IRQs in the
primary CPU much earlier.  It adds a paca flag to say that the
secondaries have entered the kexec_smp_down() IPI and turned off IRQs,
rather than overloading hw_cpu_id with -1.  This new paca flag is
again used to in indicate when the secondaries has entered real mode.

It also ensures that all CPUs have their IRQs off before we clear out
any pending IPI requests (in kexec_cpu_down()) to ensure there are no
trailing IPIs left unacknowledged.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2010-05-21 17:31:11 +10:00
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alpha include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
arm musb: fix power field to hold all possible values 2010-04-30 09:25:07 -07:00
avr32 arch/avr32: fix build failure caused by wrong prototype 2010-04-27 16:26:03 -07:00
blackfin include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
cris include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
frv frv: fix kernel/user segment handling in NOMMU mode 2010-04-07 08:38:05 -07:00
h8300 include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
ia64 KVM: fix the handling of dirty bitmaps to avoid overflows 2010-04-20 13:06:55 +03:00
m32r include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
m68k m68knommu: fix coldfire tcdrain 2010-04-21 13:43:06 +10:00
m68knommu m68knommu: remove a duplicate vector setting line for 68360 2010-04-21 13:43:06 +10:00
microblaze microblaze: Remove unused variable from ptrace 2010-04-07 15:47:55 +02:00
mips MIPS: Loongson 2F: Fix of problems introduced by -mfix-loongson2f-jump 2010-04-30 20:52:58 +01:00
mn10300 include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
parisc include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
powerpc powerpc/kexec: Fix race in kexec shutdown 2010-05-21 17:31:11 +10:00
s390 [S390] vdso: use ntp adjusted clock multiplier 2010-04-22 17:17:19 +02:00
score include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
sh Merge branch 'master' into export-slabh 2010-04-05 11:37:28 +09:00
sparc sparc64: Fix hardirq tracing in trap return path. 2010-04-20 00:48:37 -07:00
um uml: Fix build breakage after slab.h changes 2010-04-19 17:46:23 +09:00
x86 Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip 2010-05-04 19:07:35 -07:00
xtensa include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
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Kconfig Merge branch 'perf-probes-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-05 10:50:22 -08:00