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[v2] powerpc/fadump: invoke ibm,os-term with rtas_call_unlocked()

Message ID 20230609071404.425529-1-hbathini@linux.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit b949ee6801f4a47ae0e02845242c99af351c4d26
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Commit Message

Hari Bathini June 9, 2023, 7:14 a.m. UTC
Invoke ibm,os-term call with rtas_call_unlocked(), without using the
RTAS spinlock, to avoid deadlock in the unlikely event of a machine
crash while making an RTAS call.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Mahesh J Salgaonkar June 9, 2023, 1:51 p.m. UTC | #1
On 2023-06-09 12:44:04 Fri, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Invoke ibm,os-term call with rtas_call_unlocked(), without using the
> RTAS spinlock, to avoid deadlock in the unlikely event of a machine
> crash while making an RTAS call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
> index c087eeee320f..a8192e5b1a5f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
> @@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ static bool ibm_extended_os_term;
>  void rtas_os_term(char *str)
>  {
>  	s32 token = rtas_function_token(RTAS_FN_IBM_OS_TERM);
> +	static struct rtas_args args;
>  	int status;
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -1607,7 +1608,8 @@ void rtas_os_term(char *str)
>  	 * schedules.
>  	 */
>  	do {
> -		status = rtas_call(token, 1, 1, NULL, __pa(rtas_os_term_buf));
> +		rtas_call_unlocked(&args, token, 1, 1, NULL, __pa(rtas_os_term_buf));
> +		status = be32_to_cpu(args.rets[0]);

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>

>  	} while (rtas_busy_delay_time(status));

Thanks,
-Mahesh.
Michael Ellerman Aug. 23, 2023, 11:55 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:44:04 +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Invoke ibm,os-term call with rtas_call_unlocked(), without using the
> RTAS spinlock, to avoid deadlock in the unlikely event of a machine
> crash while making an RTAS call.
> 
> 

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/fadump: invoke ibm,os-term with rtas_call_unlocked()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b949ee6801f4a47ae0e02845242c99af351c4d26

cheers
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
index c087eeee320f..a8192e5b1a5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@  static bool ibm_extended_os_term;
 void rtas_os_term(char *str)
 {
 	s32 token = rtas_function_token(RTAS_FN_IBM_OS_TERM);
+	static struct rtas_args args;
 	int status;
 
 	/*
@@ -1607,7 +1608,8 @@  void rtas_os_term(char *str)
 	 * schedules.
 	 */
 	do {
-		status = rtas_call(token, 1, 1, NULL, __pa(rtas_os_term_buf));
+		rtas_call_unlocked(&args, token, 1, 1, NULL, __pa(rtas_os_term_buf));
+		status = be32_to_cpu(args.rets[0]);
 	} while (rtas_busy_delay_time(status));
 
 	if (status != 0)