Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 -next 1/2] Move kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC) below smp_send_stop()

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 05:20:07PM -0400, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> This patch is just moving kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC) below smp_send_stop
> for serializing logging process via smp_send_stop.

I feel it is good to always serialize the logging when we are panic'ing.
So this patch is a step in the right direction.

Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>

> 
>  Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
> 
> ---
>  kernel/panic.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
> index d7bb697..41bf6ad 100644
> --- a/kernel/panic.c
> +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> @@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
>  	 */
>  	crash_kexec(NULL);
>  
> -	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
>  	 * unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic
> @@ -97,6 +95,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
>  	 */
>  	smp_send_stop();
>  
> +	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
> +
>  	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf);
>  
>  	bust_spinlocks(0);
> -- 1.7.1