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authorGeorge Anzinger2005-09-04 00:56:48 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds2005-09-05 09:06:13 +0200
commit748f2edb52712aa3d926470a888608dc500d17e8 (patch)
tree9fb37795934642e11bad0d747d1271df393a993d /arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
parent[PATCH] x86: introduce a write acessor for updating the current LDT (diff)
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[PATCH] x86 NMI: better support for debuggers
This patch adds a notify to the die_nmi notify that the system is about to be taken down. If the notify is handled with a NOTIFY_STOP return, the system is given a new lease on life. We also change the nmi watchdog to carry on if die_nmi returns. This give debug code a chance to a) catch watchdog timeouts and b) possibly allow the system to continue, realizing that the time out may be due to debugger activities such as single stepping which is usually done with "other" cpus held. Signed-off-by: George Anzinger<george@mvista.com> Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> Signed-off-by: George Anzinger <george@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
index 8c242bb1ef45..8bbdbda07a2d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -501,8 +501,11 @@ void nmi_watchdog_tick (struct pt_regs * regs)
*/
alert_counter[cpu]++;
if (alert_counter[cpu] == 5*nmi_hz)
+ /*
+ * die_nmi will return ONLY if NOTIFY_STOP happens..
+ */
die_nmi(regs, "NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP");
- } else {
+
last_irq_sums[cpu] = sum;
alert_counter[cpu] = 0;
}