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Piccoli" Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/30] panic: Add the panic informational notifier list Message-ID: References: <20220427224924.592546-1-gpiccoli@igalia.com> <20220427224924.592546-21-gpiccoli@igalia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220427224924.592546-21-gpiccoli@igalia.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 17 May 2022 07:40:39 +1000 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, Joel Fernandes , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com, Thierry Reding , Paul Mackerras , "H. Peter Anvin" , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli , mikelley@microsoft.com, john.ogness@linutronix.de, bhe@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, paulmck@kernel.org, fabiomirmar@gmail.com, x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Hunter , mingo@redhat.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, Hari Bathini , Catalin Marinas , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, dyoung@redhat.com, Frederic Weisbecker , vgoyal@redhat.com, Mike Leach , linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Neeraj Upadhyay , dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, Mikko Perttunen , keescook@chromium.org, arnd@arndb.de, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Lai Jiangshan , coresight@lists.linaro.org, Leo Yan , linux-um@lists.infradead.org, Josh Triplett , rostedt@goodmis.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org, bp@alien8.de, Nicholas Piggin , luto@kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, jgross@suse.com, Thomas Bogendoerfer , Mathieu Poirier , 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, mhiramat@kernel.org, kernel-dev@igalia.com, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, Mathieu Desnoyers , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Suzuki K Poulose Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Wed 2022-04-27 19:49:14, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote: > The goal of this new panic notifier is to allow its users to > register callbacks to run earlier in the panic path than they > currently do. This aims at informational mechanisms, like dumping > kernel offsets and showing device error data (in case it's simple > registers reading, for example) as well as mechanisms to disable > log flooding (like hung_task detector / RCU warnings) and the > tracing dump_on_oops (when enabled). > > Any (non-invasive) information that should be provided before > kmsg_dump() as well as log flooding preventing code should fit > here, as long it offers relatively low risk for kdump. > > For now, the patch is almost a no-op, although it changes a bit > the ordering in which some panic notifiers are executed - specially > affected by this are the notifiers responsible for disabling the > hung_task detector / RCU warnings, which now run first. In a > subsequent patch, the panic path will be refactored, then the > panic informational notifiers will effectively run earlier, > before ksmg_dump() (and usually before kdump as well). > > We also defer documenting it all properly in the subsequent > refactor patch. Finally, while at it, we removed some useless > header inclusions too. > > Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli All notifiers moved in this patch seems to fit well the "info" notifier list. The patch looks good from this POV. I still have to review the rest of the patches to see if it is complete. Best Regards, Petr