This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc: improve handling of unrecoverable system reset
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-improve-handling-of-unrecoverable-system-res.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 14e524121b941b10dc273619bd810e7ccd8ada35
Author: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Jan 30 23:08:35 2021 +1000
powerpc: improve handling of unrecoverable system reset
[ Upstream commit 11cb0a25f71818ca7ab4856548ecfd83c169aa4d ]
If an unrecoverable system reset hits in process context, the system
does not have to panic. Similar to machine check, call nmi_exit()
before die().
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210130130852.2952424-26-npiggin@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 0f1a888c04a8..05c1aabad01c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -360,8 +360,11 @@ void system_reset_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
die("Unrecoverable nested System Reset", regs, SIGABRT);
#endif
/* Must die if the interrupt is not recoverable */
- if (!(regs->msr & MSR_RI))
+ if (!(regs->msr & MSR_RI)) {
+ /* For the reason explained in die_mce, nmi_exit before die */
+ nmi_exit();
die("Unrecoverable System Reset", regs, SIGABRT);
+ }
if (!nested)
nmi_exit();
