From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40224 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007628AbbLRQSios8l8 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:38 +0100 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (charybdis-ext.suse.de [195.135.220.254]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D68AAB2; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:18:37 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:36 +0100 From: Petr Mladek To: Andrew Morton Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux , Geert Uytterhoeven , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , Daniel Thompson , Jiri Kosina , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , the arch/x86 maintainers , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , Cris , Linux MIPS Mailing List , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , linux-s390 , Linux-sh list , sparclinux Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] printk/nmi: Increase the size of NMI buffer and make it configurable Message-ID: <20151218161836.GL3729@pathway.suse.cz> References: <1449667265-17525-1-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com> <1449667265-17525-5-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com> <20151211124159.GB3729@pathway.suse.cz> <20151211145725.b0e81bb4bb18fcd72ef5f557@linux-foundation.org> <20151211232113.GZ8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20151211153054.48da5d4139b93dd4ed438f4c@linux-foundation.org> <20151215142621.GE3729@pathway.suse.cz> <20151217143858.447b5fe79aaa5ed7b2328d67@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151217143858.447b5fe79aaa5ed7b2328d67@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 50692 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: pmladek@suse.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips On Thu 2015-12-17 14:38:58, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:26:21 +0100 Petr Mladek wrote: > > > > OK, thanks. So "not needed at present, might be needed in the future, > > > useful for out-of-tree debug code"? > > > > It is possible that I got it a wrong way on arm. The NMI buffer is > > usable there on two locations. > > > > First, the temporary is currently used to handle IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE. > > It seems that it is not a real NMI. But it seems to be available > > (compiled) on all arm system. This is why I introduced NEED_PRINTK_NMI > > Kconfig flag to avoid confusion with a real NMI. > > > > Second, there is the FIQ "NMI" handler that is called from > > /arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S. It is compiled only if _not_ > > defined $(CONFIG_CPU_V7M). It calls nmi_enter() and nmi_stop(). > > It looks like a real NMI handler. This is why I defined HAVE_NMI > > if (!CPU_V7M). > > > > A solution would be to define HAVE_NMI on all Arm systems and get rid > > of NEED_PRINTK_NMI. If you think that it would cause less confusion... > > So does this mean that the patch will be updated? Please, find the follow up patch below. I guess that you will want to squash it into the [1/n] one. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40224 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007628AbbLRQSios8l8 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:38 +0100 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:36 +0100 From: Petr Mladek Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] printk/nmi: Increase the size of NMI buffer and make it configurable Message-ID: <20151218161836.GL3729@pathway.suse.cz> References: <1449667265-17525-1-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com> <1449667265-17525-5-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com> <20151211124159.GB3729@pathway.suse.cz> <20151211145725.b0e81bb4bb18fcd72ef5f557@linux-foundation.org> <20151211232113.GZ8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20151211153054.48da5d4139b93dd4ed438f4c@linux-foundation.org> <20151215142621.GE3729@pathway.suse.cz> <20151217143858.447b5fe79aaa5ed7b2328d67@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151217143858.447b5fe79aaa5ed7b2328d67@linux-foundation.org> Return-Path: Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: To: Andrew Morton Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux , Geert Uytterhoeven , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , Daniel Thompson , Jiri Kosina , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , the arch/x86 maintainers , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , Cris , Linux MIPS Mailing List , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , linux-s390 , Linux-sh list , sparclinux Message-ID: <20151218161836.Q44AL4UiRhubSMMykRwCeBud8-eStpkVKyOVMOPXDaY@z> On Thu 2015-12-17 14:38:58, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:26:21 +0100 Petr Mladek wrote: > > > > OK, thanks. So "not needed at present, might be needed in the future, > > > useful for out-of-tree debug code"? > > > > It is possible that I got it a wrong way on arm. The NMI buffer is > > usable there on two locations. > > > > First, the temporary is currently used to handle IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE. > > It seems that it is not a real NMI. But it seems to be available > > (compiled) on all arm system. This is why I introduced NEED_PRINTK_NMI > > Kconfig flag to avoid confusion with a real NMI. > > > > Second, there is the FIQ "NMI" handler that is called from > > /arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S. It is compiled only if _not_ > > defined $(CONFIG_CPU_V7M). It calls nmi_enter() and nmi_stop(). > > It looks like a real NMI handler. This is why I defined HAVE_NMI > > if (!CPU_V7M). > > > > A solution would be to define HAVE_NMI on all Arm systems and get rid > > of NEED_PRINTK_NMI. If you think that it would cause less confusion... > > So does this mean that the patch will be updated? Please, find the follow up patch below. I guess that you will want to squash it into the [1/n] one.