From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:35:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] arm64: mm: install SError abort handler In-Reply-To: <58D54DE8.9020707@gmail.com> References: <20170324144632.5896-1-opendmb@gmail.com> <20170324144632.5896-4-opendmb@gmail.com> <20170324151654.GD29588@leverpostej> <58D54DE8.9020707@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20170324173515.GB10746@leverpostej> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 09:48:40AM -0700, Doug Berger wrote: > On 03/24/2017 08:16 AM, Mark Rutland wrote: > >On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 07:46:26AM -0700, Doug Berger wrote: > If you would consider an alternative implementation where we scrap > the SError handler (i.e. maintain the ugliness in our downstream > kernel) in favor of a more gentle user mode crash on SError that > allows the kernel the opportunity to service the interrupt for > diagnostic purposes I could try to repackage that. If this is just for diagnostic purposes, I believe you can register a panic notifier, which can then read from the bus. The panic will occur, but you'll have the opportunity to log some information to dmesg. Thanks, Mark.