From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Mladek Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/30] panic: Add the panic hypervisor notifier list Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 10:04:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20220427224924.592546-1-gpiccoli@igalia.com> <20220427224924.592546-20-gpiccoli@igalia.com> <81878a67-21f1-fee8-1add-f381bc8b05df@broadcom.com> <0fac8c71-6f18-d15c-23f5-075dbc45f3f9@igalia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.com; s=susede1; t=1653379492; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=+HrTVIvXJDgrzNQFl8Mhx0wGW/HWHO1IHY/NT0Ch0wc=; b=cmANZ9kaIvAGzRMHaeCxB0LLBkrlXozlKGlr2MQNHSGuBkVg9GZ4ULppK80AYEMbn3sHQ3 SRCkpAxtJlotC4dIBTUf4LWabWRfn+CV2iXTLVzyyBDKp8B9onijAa8QBBUxy4R2DAxIkT C3aqZP5pWFL7HdTOLlEm50sKDepVyxc= Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0fac8c71-6f18-d15c-23f5-075dbc45f3f9-wEGTBA9jqPzQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" Cc: Scott Branden , Sebastian Reichel , Florian Fainelli , Desmond yan , David Gow , Evan Green , Julius Werner , bcm-kernel-feedback-list-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, linux-pm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, bhe-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linuxppc-dev-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, linux-alpha-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-edac-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-hyperv-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-leds-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mips-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-parisc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-remoteproc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-s390-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-tegra-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-um@li On Mon 2022-05-23 11:56:12, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote: > On 19/05/2022 16:20, Scott Branden wrote: > > [...] > >> Hi Scott / Desmond, thanks for the detailed answer! Is this adapter > >> designed to run in x86 only or you have other architectures' use cases? > > The adapter may be used in any PCIe design that supports DMA. > > So it may be possible to run in arm64 servers. > >> > >> [...] > >> With that said, and given this is a lightweight notifier that ideally > >> should run ASAP, I'd keep this one in the hypervisor list. We can > >> "adjust" the semantic of this list to include lightweight notifiers that > >> reset adapters. > > Sounds the best to keep system operating as tested today. > >> > >> With that said, Petr has a point - not always such list is going to be > >> called before kdump. So, that makes me think in another idea: what if we > >> have another list, but not on panic path, but instead in the custom > >> crash_shutdown()? Drivers could add callbacks there that must execute > >> before kexec/kdump, no matter what. > > It may be beneficial for some other drivers but for our use we would > > then need to register for the panic path and the crash_shutdown path. > > We notify the VK card for 2 purposes: one to stop DMA so memory stop > > changing during a kdump. And also to get the card into a good state so > > resets happen cleanly. > > Thanks Scott! With that, I guess it's really better to keep this > notifier in this hypervisor/early list - I'm planning to do that for V2. > Unless Petr or somebody has strong feelings against that, of course. I am fine with it because we do not have a better solution at the moment. It might be a good candidate for the 5th notifier list mentioned in the thread https://lore.kernel.org/r/YoyQyHHfhIIXSX0U@alley . But I am not sure if the 5th list is worth the complexity. Best Regards, Petr