Re: [PATCH 1/7] i386, dumpstack: Move crash_kexec beforebust_spinlocks(0) in oops_end

[Neil Horman]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:00:08PM +0200, Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> crash_kexec should not be called with console_sem held. Move
> the call before bust_spinlocks(0) in oops_end to avoid the
> problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Neil Horman" <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
> index b361475..5493d31 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
> @@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ unsigned __kprobes long oops_begin(void)
>  
>  void __kprobes oops_end(unsigned long flags, struct pt_regs *regs, int signr)
>  {
> +	if (regs && kexec_should_crash(current))
> +		crash_kexec(regs);
> +
>  	bust_spinlocks(0);
>  	die_owner = -1;
>  	add_taint(TAINT_DIE);
> @@ -318,8 +321,6 @@ void __kprobes oops_end(unsigned long flags, struct pt_regs *regs, int signr)
>  	if (!regs)
>  		return;
>  
> -	if (kexec_should_crash(current))
> -		crash_kexec(regs);
>  	if (in_interrupt())
>  		panic("Fatal exception in interrupt");
>  	if (panic_on_oops)
> -- 
> 1.5.4.3
> 
> 

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