On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> One of Richard's points is that there is presently no way to fix the
> box in userspace. If the kernel crashes during boot, it will blank
> the screen and there is no way to unblank it in that state.
Well something like this should work without complicating things during
panic.
Index: linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /build/cvsroot/linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 traps.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 30 Jul 2003 00:06:00 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 30 Jul 2003 01:34:12 -0000
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ bug:
}
spinlock_t die_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+int dont_blank_on_panic;
void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
{
@@ -261,8 +262,11 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg
show_registers(regs);
bust_spinlocks(0);
spin_unlock_irq(&die_lock);
- if (in_interrupt())
+ if (in_interrupt()) {
+ dont_blank_on_panic = 1;
+ barrier();
panic("Fatal exception in interrupt");
+ }
if (panic_on_oops) {
printk(KERN_EMERG "Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds\n");
Index: linux-2.6.0-test2/drivers/char/vt.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /build/cvsroot/linux-2.6.0-test2/drivers/char/vt.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 vt.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test2/drivers/char/vt.c 30 Jul 2003 00:06:17 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.0-test2/drivers/char/vt.c 30 Jul 2003 01:33:41 -0000
@@ -2696,10 +2696,11 @@ static void vesa_powerdown_screen(unsign
static void timer_do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx, int from_timer_handler)
{
+ extern int dont_blank_on_panic;
int currcons = fg_console;
int i;
- if (console_blanked)
+ if (console_blanked || dont_blank_on_panic)
return;
/* entering graphics mode? */
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