Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: SGI-IP27: print the NMI dump on an nbcon console

[Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 09:19:38PM +0200, Imre Kaloz wrote:
> Since the 8250 console became nbcon, printk() in nmi_dump() only queues
> records for a printer thread that never runs, as no CPU leaves the NMI
> handler. Print from an emergency section and flush pending records
> before the hub reset.
> 
> Fixes: d3539347022a ("serial: 8250: Switch to nbcon console, take 2")
> Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@kernel.org>
> ---
> v2: flush pending records before the hub reset (John Ogness)
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261001155013.1694-1-kaloz@kernel.org/
> 
> This conflicts by context with patch 14/38 of the IP35 series,
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/76f2a9c32eba23de36817f0a186def01e009e1c7.1790857966.git.kaloz@kernel.org/
> which rewrites the reset write. Whichever lands second places the
> printk_trigger_flush() call above the system_is_ip35 branch.
> 
>  arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-nmi.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-nmi.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-nmi.c
> index fc2816398d0c..c502982621e6 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-nmi.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-nmi.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#include <linux/console.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/mmzone.h>
>  #include <linux/nodemask.h>
> @@ -183,6 +184,12 @@ static void nmi_dump(void)
>  	 */
>  	arch_spin_lock(&nmi_lock);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * No CPU leaves the NMI handler before the hub reset below, so an
> +	 * nbcon console's printer thread would never print the dump.
> +	 */
> +	nbcon_cpu_emergency_enter();
> +
>  #ifdef REAL_NMI_SIGNAL
>  	/*
>  	 * Wait up to 15 seconds for the other cpus to respond to the NMI.
> @@ -227,5 +234,6 @@ static void nmi_dump(void)
>  	 * Save the nmi cpu registers for all cpu in the eframe format.
>  	 */
>  	nmi_eframes_save();
> +	printk_trigger_flush();
>  	LOCAL_HUB_S(NI_PORT_RESET, NPR_PORTRESET | NPR_LOCALRESET);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.47.3

applied to mips-fixes

Thomas.

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