Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932268AbVI3EtZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:49:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932272AbVI3EtZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:49:25 -0400 Received: from falcon30.maxeymade.com ([24.173.215.190]:34538 "EHLO falcon30.maxeymade.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932268AbVI3EtY (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:49:24 -0400 Message-Id: <200509300449.j8U4n94d014765@falcon30.maxeymade.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2.1 01/17/2005 with nmh-1.1 In-reply-to: <20050930010228.GG6173@austin.ibm.com> To: linas cc: paulus@samba.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] ppc64: EEH Halt if bad drivers spin in error condition Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:49:09 -0500 From: Doug Maxey Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 21 On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:02:28 CDT, linas wrote: > >07-eeh-spin-counter.patch > >One an EEH event is triggers, all further I/O to a device is blocked (until >reset). Bad device drivers may end up spinning in their interrupt handlers, >trying to read an interrupt status register that will never change state. >This patch moves that spin counter to a per-device structure, and adds >some diagnostic prints to help locate the bad driver. > Which struct gets the element? ++doug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/