Re: [PATCH v2 x86 1/2] fix page faults by nmiaction in nmi if kmemcheck is enabled

[Wim Van Sebroeck]

Hi Li,

> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> index 8464ea1..e575e63 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> @@ -689,9 +689,22 @@ static void __devinit dmi_find_icru(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static struct nmiaction hpwdt_nmiaction[] = {
> +	{
> +		.handler	= hpwdt_pretimeout,
> +		.name		= "hpwdt",
> +	},
> +	{
> +		.handler	= hpwdt_pretimeout,
> +		.flags		= NMI_FLAG_FIRST,
> +		.name		= "hpwdt",
> +	},
> +};
> +
>  static int __devinit hpwdt_init_nmi_decoding(struct pci_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	int retval;
> +	struct nmiaction *na = hpwdt_nmiaction;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * On typical CRU-based systems we need to map that service in
> @@ -733,9 +746,11 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_nmi_decoding(struct pci_dev *dev)
>  	 * die notify list to handle a critical NMI. The default is to
>  	 * be last so other users of the NMI signal can function.
>  	 */
> -	retval = register_nmi_handler(NMI_UNKNOWN, hpwdt_pretimeout,
> -					(priority) ? NMI_FLAG_FIRST : 0,
> -					"hpwdt");
> +
> +	if (priority)
> +		na = &hpwdt_nmiaction[1];
> +
> +	retval = register_nmi_handler(NMI_UNKNOWN, na);
>  	if (retval != 0) {
>  		dev_warn(&dev->dev,
>  			"Unable to register a die notifier (err=%d).\n",

Why not do something like;

static struct nmiaction hpwdt_nmiaction = {
	.handler	= hpwdt_pretimeout,
	.name		= "hpwdt",
};

...
	if (priority)
		hpwdt_nmiaction.flags = NMI_FLAG_FIRST;
...

Kind regards,
Wim.

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