Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Reduce CPU consumption after panic

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 01:39:41PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> (cc more x86 people)
> 
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:06:36 -0500 carlos.bilbao@kernel.org wrote:
> 
> > From: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@kernel.org>
> > 
> > Provide a priority-based mechanism to set the behavior of the kernel at
> > the post-panic stage -- the current default is a waste of CPU except for
> > cases with console that generate insightful output.
> > 
> > In v1 cover letter [1], I illustrated the potential to reduce unnecessary
> > CPU resources with an experiment with VMs, reducing more than 70% of CPU
> > usage. The main delta of v2 [2] was that, instead of a weak function that
> > archs can overwrite, we provided a flexible priority-based mechanism
> > (following suggestions by Sean Christopherson), panic_set_handling().
> > 
> 
> An effect of this is that the blinky light will never again occur on
> any x86, I think?  I don't know what might the effects of changing such
> longstanding behavior.
> 
> Also, why was the `priority' feature added?  It has no effect in this
> patchset.

It does what now, and why?

Not being copied on anything, the first reaction is, its panic, your
machine is dead, who cares about power etc..