powerpc: improve handling of unrecoverable system reset
authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:08:35 +0000 (23:08 +1000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Mon, 8 Feb 2021 13:02:11 +0000 (00:02 +1100)
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@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210130130852.2952424-26-npiggin@gmail.com
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c

index 3a8699995a77946814fa5625486f69030f8ecc37..f70d3f6174c8ad4a907b2ba897b5fc701a8f4f41 100644 (file)
@@ -503,8 +503,11 @@ out:
                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 (saved_hsrrs) {
                mtspr(SPRN_HSRR0, hsrr0);