Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:15:43 +0200 | | From | Ingo Molnar <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/7] KGDB/KDB: add support for external NMI handler to call KGDB/KDB. |
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* Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
> This patch adds a kgdb_nmicallin() interface that can be used by > external NMI handlers to call the KGDB/KDB handler. The primary need > for this is for those types of NMI interrupts where all the CPUs > have already received the NMI signal. Therefore no send_IPI(NMI) > is required, and in fact it will cause a 2nd unhandled NMI to occur. > This generates the "Dazed and Confuzed" messages. > > Since all the CPUs are getting the NMI at roughly the same time, it's not > guaranteed that the first CPU that hits the NMI handler will manage to > enter KGDB and set the dbg_master_lock before the slaves start entering. > The new argument "send_ready" was added for KGDB to signal the NMI handler > to release the slave CPUs for entry into KGDB. > > Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> > Reviewed-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com> > Reviewed-by: Hedi Berriche <hedi@sgi.com> > --- > include/linux/kdb.h | 1 + > include/linux/kgdb.h | 1 + > kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > kernel/debug/debug_core.h | 1 + > kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_debugger.c | 5 ++++- > kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 3 +++ > 6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Jason, any objections to form or substance of this callback?
Thanks,
Ingo
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