[PATCH 1/4] powerpc: EEH: log error only after driver notification.

Linas Vepstas linas at austin.ibm.com
Wed May 9 09:33:29 EST 2007


It turns out many/most versions of firmware enable MMIO when
the slto-error-detail rtas call is made (in violation of the
architecture). Thus, it would be best to call slot-error-detail
only after notifying device drivers of a freeze, as otherwise,
a variety of strange and unexpected things may happen.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas at austin.ibm.com>

----
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c	2007-05-08 17:55:43.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c	2007-05-08 17:56:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struc
 		goto hard_fail;
 	}
 
-	eeh_slot_error_detail(frozen_pdn, 1 /* Temporary Error */);
 	printk(KERN_WARNING
 	   "EEH: This PCI device has failed %d times since last reboot: "
 		"location=%s driver=%s pci addr=%s\n",
@@ -375,6 +374,11 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struc
 	 */
 	pci_walk_bus(frozen_bus, eeh_report_error, &result);
 
+	/* Since rtas may enable MMIO when posting the error log,
+	 * don't post the error log until after all dev drivers
+	 * have been informed. */
+	eeh_slot_error_detail(frozen_pdn, 1 /* Temporary Error */);
+
 	/* If all device drivers were EEH-unaware, then shut
 	 * down all of the device drivers, and hope they
 	 * go down willingly, without panicing the system.



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