[Skiboot] [PATCH] core/platform: Fallback to full_reboot if fast-reboot fails

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Nov 24 18:44:19 AEDT 2020


Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> If fast reboot fails then we return to Linux with OPAL_SUCCESS.
> Current Linux code thinks that request succedded and enters
> infinite loop (see Linux pnv_restart() code).
>
> This patch fixes above issue by return OPAL_UNSUPPORTED if fast
> reboot fails.
>
> Alternatively we can directly all full_reboot() itself. But I
                                ^
                                call
> think it makes sense to go back to Linux and report the failure.
> And Linux falls back to normal reboot request.
>
> Fixes: 10bbcd07 ("core/platform: Add an explicit fast-reboot type")
> Cc: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Signed-off-by: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  core/platform.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

cheers

> diff --git a/core/platform.c b/core/platform.c
> index 8f4a3b877..320fdea03 100644
> --- a/core/platform.c
> +++ b/core/platform.c
> @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ static int64_t opal_cec_reboot2(uint32_t reboot_type, char *diag)
>  	case OPAL_REBOOT_FAST:
>  		prlog(PR_NOTICE, "Reboot: Fast reboot requested by OS\n");
>  		fast_reboot();
> -		break;
> +		prlog(PR_NOTICE, "Reboot: Fast reboot failed\n");
> +		return OPAL_UNSUPPORTED;
>  	default:
>  		prlog(PR_NOTICE, "OPAL: Unsupported reboot request %d\n", reboot_type);
>  		return OPAL_UNSUPPORTED;
> -- 
> 2.26.2


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