Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754231Ab2H0T7c (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:59:32 -0400 Received: from g1t0026.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.33]:30416 "EHLO g1t0026.austin.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754151Ab2H0T7a convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:59:30 -0400 From: "Mingarelli, Thomas" To: Lars Marowsky-Bree , "Kani, Toshimitsu" , "wim@iguana.be" , "linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: [PATCH] hpwdt: Fix kdump issue in hpwdt Thread-Topic: [PATCH] hpwdt: Fix kdump issue in hpwdt Thread-Index: AQHNhIXkE7PQ9svsVEWLdvcjNA0XY5duCYqAgAAIr4A= Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:57:13 +0000 Message-ID: <9774516974AF5F4C8A2C3C69CD3412332335313E@G1W3651.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <1346093544-12007-1-git-send-email-toshi.kani@hp.com> <20120827192227.GJ18709@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20120827192227.GJ18709@suse.de> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [16.193.232.11] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2015 Lines: 44 The main issue here is when an NMI comes in (which is hpwdt's main focus...to source NMIs and then panic the box) and the system is configured for kdump. We want the kdump to succeed and if the iLO watchdog timer is left alone to keep running, the kdump will not succeed. It will be interrupted by an ASR. This change ensures that the iLO Watchdog timer is always stopped in the booting case (of any kernel) or when an NMI arrives and we are in the process of taking a kdump. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Lars Marowsky-Bree [mailto:lmb@suse.com] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 2:22 PM To: Kani, Toshimitsu; wim@iguana.be; linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Mingarelli, Thomas; stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] hpwdt: Fix kdump issue in hpwdt On 2012-08-27T12:52:24, Toshi Kani wrote: > kdump can be interrupted by watchdog timer when the timer is left > activated on the crash kernel. Changed the hpwdt driver to disable > watchdog timer at boot-time. This assures that watchdog timer is > disabled until /dev/watchdog is opened, and prevents watchdog timer > to be left running on the crash kernel. How does this protect against the system hanging again in the crash kernel, or possibly hardware caches to flush more data to shared storage? (I'm asking from the perspective of the hpwdt being used as a fencing mechanism in a cluster setting.) Or is the argument that it's "very unlikely" that a system in such a state would not make it far enough into the crash kernel? Regards, Lars -- Architect Storage/HA SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend?rffer, HRB 21284 (AG N?rnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde -- 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/