[patch 11/13] s390: instruction processing damage handling.

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 11:06:18 EST


From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>

[patch 11/13] s390: instruction processing damage handling.

In case of an instruction processing damage (IPD) machine check in
kernel mode the resulting action is always to stop the kernel.
This is not necessarily the best solution since a retry of the
failing instruction might succeed. Add logic to retry the instruction
if no more than 30 instruction processing damage checks occured in
the last 5 minutes.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/s390/s390mach.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff -urpN linux-2.6/drivers/s390/s390mach.c linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/s390mach.c
--- linux-2.6/drivers/s390/s390mach.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/s390mach.c 2006-04-24 16:47:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -362,12 +362,19 @@ s390_revalidate_registers(struct mci *mc
return kill_task;
}

+#define MAX_IPD_COUNT 29
+#define MAX_IPD_TIME (5 * 60 * 100 * 1000) /* 5 minutes */
+
/*
* machine check handler.
*/
void
s390_do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ipd_lock);
+ static unsigned long long last_ipd;
+ static int ipd_count;
+ unsigned long long tmp;
struct mci *mci;
struct mcck_struct *mcck;
int umode;
@@ -404,11 +411,27 @@ s390_do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *re
s390_handle_damage("processing backup machine "
"check with damage.");
}
- if (!umode)
- s390_handle_damage("processing backup machine "
- "check in kernel mode.");
- mcck->kill_task = 1;
- mcck->mcck_code = *(unsigned long long *) mci;
+
+ /*
+ * Nullifying exigent condition, therefore we might
+ * retry this instruction.
+ */
+
+ spin_lock(&ipd_lock);
+
+ tmp = get_clock();
+
+ if (((tmp - last_ipd) >> 12) < MAX_IPD_TIME)
+ ipd_count++;
+ else
+ ipd_count = 1;
+
+ last_ipd = tmp;
+
+ if (ipd_count == MAX_IPD_COUNT)
+ s390_handle_damage("too many ipd retries.");
+
+ spin_unlock(&ipd_lock);
}
else {
/* Processing damage -> stopping machine */
-
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