On Mon 27-07-15 10:58:50, Hidehiro Kawai wrote: [...] > @@ -1472,6 +1472,18 @@ void __weak crash_unmap_reserved_pages(void) > > void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) > { > + int old_cpu, this_cpu; > + > + /* > + * `old_cpu == -1' means we are the first comer and crash_kexec() > + * was called without entering panic(). > + * `old_cpu == this_cpu' means crash_kexec() was called from panic(). > + */ > + this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); > + old_cpu = atomic_cmpxchg(&panicking_cpu, -1, this_cpu); > + if (old_cpu != -1 && old_cpu != this_cpu) > + return; > + > /* Take the kexec_mutex here to prevent sys_kexec_load > * running on one cpu from replacing the crash kernel > * we are using after a panic on a different cpu. > @@ -1491,6 +1503,14 @@ void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) > } > mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex); > } > + > + /* > + * If we came here from panic(), we have to keep panicking_cpu > + * to prevent other cpus from entering panic(). Otherwise, > + * resetting it so that other cpus can enter panic()/crash_kexec(). > + */ > + if (old_cpu == this_cpu) > + atomic_set(&panicking_cpu, -1); This do the opposite what the comment says, wouldn't it? You should check old_cpu == -1. Also atomic_set doesn't imply memory barriers which might be a problem. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs