[RFC PATCH] powerpc/kexec: Wait 1s for secondaries to enter OPAL

Samuel Mendoza-Jonas sam.mj at au1.ibm.com
Wed Jul 22 15:54:29 AEST 2015


Always include a timeout when waiting for secondary cpus to enter OPAL
in the kexec path, rather than only when crashing.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam.mj at au1.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 59076db..f916601 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void pnv_kexec_wait_secondaries_down(void)
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		uint8_t status;
-		int64_t rc;
+		int64_t rc, timeout = 1000;
 
 		if (i == my_cpu)
 			continue;
@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ static void pnv_kexec_wait_secondaries_down(void)
 				       i, paca[i].hw_cpu_id);
 				notified = i;
 			}
+
+			/*
+			 * On crash secondaries might be unreachable or hung,
+			 * so timeout if we've waited too long
+			 * */
+			mdelay(1);
+			if (timeout-- == 0) {
+				printk(KERN_ERR "kexec: timed out waiting for "
+				       "cpu %d (physical %d) to enter OPAL\n",
+				       i, paca[i].hw_cpu_id);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -233,13 +245,6 @@ static void pnv_kexec_cpu_down(int crash_shutdown, int secondary)
 
 		/* Return the CPU to OPAL */
 		opal_return_cpu();
-	} else if (crash_shutdown) {
-		/*
-		 * On crash, we don't wait for secondaries to go
-		 * down as they might be unreachable or hung, so
-		 * instead we just wait a bit and move on.
-		 */
-		mdelay(1);
 	} else {
 		/* Primary waits for the secondaries to have reached OPAL */
 		pnv_kexec_wait_secondaries_down();
-- 
2.4.6



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