From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58003C433EF for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 20:12:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Kz5fn6Jmzz3cKR for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 06:12:17 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=igalia.com header.i=@igalia.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20170329 header.b=H0RwJ9q3; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=igalia.com (client-ip=178.60.130.6; helo=fanzine2.igalia.com; envelope-from=gpiccoli@igalia.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=igalia.com header.i=@igalia.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20170329 header.b=H0RwJ9q3; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from fanzine2.igalia.com (fanzine.igalia.com [178.60.130.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kz5f125y8z3c7V for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 06:11:37 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=igalia.com; s=20170329; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From: References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender:Reply-To: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=CJFn3sQ0AXqP082WliZpvB/FNlzjPtgRZLj1CZSBav8=; b=H0RwJ9q3twuN5LBJHRtfqxptfc +ZBTnXeu+L1QTWv6VeJ074IpruVUqgFdW2irvRDjWrUeZMfUmFqRter3RBPu9sBjZvDxvw8AhX4xB NGR1Fc+pyWr1+lwnwPjEPDyZEUU6BxtInHBrU2MsFuhkvRoiyT0qN7DKB5jSGNAhlNUyQGg7oS78I 1IGokeMYkc2KXY4h6njrMqutcn89GTgmPXm9L8Rca7UD8k1O9WKCSzu2tsWk1It1LXW6uhsh6pzXU eq99TNaaB0b0wsrDl7wLGrG68y5q49uL+rS1rPP4MnQKtWlwuuoA5/zs3LiCVa22Xsjm4CNZYglTD lORMiUaA==; Received: from [177.183.162.244] (helo=[192.168.0.5]) by fanzine2.igalia.com with esmtpsa (Cipher TLS1.3:ECDHE_X25519__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_128_GCM:128) (Exim) id 1nosg4-0009ub-Ok; Wed, 11 May 2022 22:11:21 +0200 Message-ID: <37190938-8133-aafa-ea4a-e50f574dd73b@igalia.com> Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 17:10:06 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.1 Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/30] alpha: Clean-up the panic notifier code Content-Language: en-US To: Petr Mladek References: <20220427224924.592546-1-gpiccoli@igalia.com> <20220427224924.592546-11-gpiccoli@igalia.com> From: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, halves@canonical.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, peterz@infradead.org, alejandro.j.jimenez@oracle.com, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, feng.tang@intel.com, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org, openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, mikelley@microsoft.com, john.ogness@linutronix.de, bhe@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, paulmck@kernel.org, fabiomirmar@gmail.com, x86@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Matt Turner , dyoung@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, keescook@chromium.org, arnd@arndb.de, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org, Ivan Kokshaysky , luto@kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, rth@gcc.gnu.org, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, jgross@suse.com, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel@gpiccoli.net, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, senozhatsky@chromium.org, d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mhiramat@kernel.org, kernel-dev@igalia.com, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, bp@alien8.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On 10/05/2022 11:16, Petr Mladek wrote: > [...] > Yeah, it is pretty strange behavior. > > I looked into the history. This notifier was added into the alpha code > in 2.4.0-test2pre2. In this historic code, the default panic() code > either rebooted after a timeout or ended in a infinite loop. There > was not crasdump at that times. > > The notifier allowed to change the behavior. There were 3 notifiers: > > + mips and mips64 ended with blinking in panic() > + alpha did __halt() in this srm case > > They both still do this. I guess that it is some historic behavior > that people using these architectures are used to. > > Anyway, it makes sense to do this as the last notifier after > dumping other information. > > Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek > > Best Regards, > Petr Thanks a bunch for the review - added your tag for V2 =)