Re: + kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch added to -mm tree

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On 12/16/13 at 11:14am, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> This patches has not made into Linus's tree yet. Are you planning to push
> it soon?

Yeah, since people reported bugs about kexec again. I think pushing
it can help kexec users who don't pay close attention to kernel mailing
list, and also can let them use and test further.

Baoquan
Thanks

> 
> Thanks
> Vivek
> 
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:50:53AM -0800, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Subject: + kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch added to -mm tree
> > To: vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx,bhe@xxxxxxxxxx,chaowang@xxxxxxxxxx,dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx,hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mwhitehe@xxxxxxxxxx,stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:50:53 -0800
> > 
> > 
> > The patch titled
> >      Subject: kexec: migrate to reboot cpu
> > has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
> >      kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch
> > 
> > This patch should soon appear at
> >     http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch
> > and later at
> >     http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch
> > 
> > Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
> >    a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
> >    b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
> >    c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
> >       reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's
> > 
> > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
> > 
> > The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated
> > there every 3-4 working days
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: kexec: migrate to reboot cpu
> > 
> > Commit 1b3a5d02ee0 ("reboot: move arch/x86 reboot= handling to generic
> > kernel") moved reboot= handling to generic code.  In the process it also
> > removed the code in native_machine_shutdown() which are moving reboot
> > process to reboot_cpu/cpu0.
> > 
> > I guess that thought must have been that all reboot paths are calling
> > migrate_to_reboot_cpu(), so we don't need this special handling.  But
> > kexec reboot path (kernel_kexec()) is not calling migrate_to_reboot_cpu()
> > so above change broke kexec.  Now reboot can happen on non-boot cpu and
> > when INIT is sent in second kerneo to bring up BP, it brings down the
> > machine.
> > 
> > So start calling migrate_to_reboot_cpu() in kexec reboot path to avoid
> > this problem.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Matthew Whitehead <mwhitehe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Bisected-by: WANG Chao <chaowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: WANG Chao <chaowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  include/linux/reboot.h |    1 +
> >  kernel/kexec.c         |    1 +
> >  kernel/reboot.c        |    2 +-
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff -puN include/linux/reboot.h~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu include/linux/reboot.h
> > --- a/include/linux/reboot.h~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu
> > +++ a/include/linux/reboot.h
> > @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern int unregister_reboot_notifier(st
> >   * Architecture-specific implementations of sys_reboot commands.
> >   */
> >  
> > +extern void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void);
> >  extern void machine_restart(char *cmd);
> >  extern void machine_halt(void);
> >  extern void machine_power_off(void);
> > diff -puN kernel/kexec.c~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu kernel/kexec.c
> > --- a/kernel/kexec.c~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu
> > +++ a/kernel/kexec.c
> > @@ -1676,6 +1676,7 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
> >  #endif
> >  	{
> >  		kernel_restart_prepare(NULL);
> > +		migrate_to_reboot_cpu();
> >  		printk(KERN_EMERG "Starting new kernel\n");
> >  		machine_shutdown();
> >  	}
> > diff -puN kernel/reboot.c~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu kernel/reboot.c
> > --- a/kernel/reboot.c~kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu
> > +++ a/kernel/reboot.c
> > @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct no
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_reboot_notifier);
> >  
> > -static void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void)
> > +void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void)
> >  {
> >  	/* The boot cpu is always logical cpu 0 */
> >  	int cpu = reboot_cpu;
> > _
> > 
> > Patches currently in -mm which might be from vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx are
> > 
> > kexec-migrate-to-reboot-cpu.patch
> > linux-next.patch
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