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[POWERPC] Fix RTAS os-term usage on kernel panic
authorLinas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:28:15 +0000 (12:28 +1100)
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:10:09 +0000 (16:10 +1100)
commita2b51812a4dc5db09ab4d4638d4d8ed456e2457e
treec61eeb12f3c3164208468cf8837711f843a32792
parentfbe481756df57673b6acbcd2e139d0d2658f2188
[POWERPC] Fix RTAS os-term usage on kernel panic

The rtas_os_term() routine was being called at the wrong time.
The actual rtas call "os-term" will not ever return, and so
calling it from the panic notifier is too early.  Instead,
call it from the machine_reset() call.

This splits the rtas_os_term() routine into two: one part to capture
the kernel panic message, invoked during the panic notifier, and
another part that is invoked during machine_reset().

Prior to this patch, the os-term call was never being made,
because panic_timeout was always non-zero.  Calling os-term
helps keep the hypervisor happy!  We have to keep the hypervisor
happy to avoid service, dump and error reporting problems.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
include/asm-powerpc/rtas.h