Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Provide fallback reboot/poweroff/halt implementations

From: James Hogan
Date: Tue Mar 24 2015 - 10:22:35 EST


Hi Andrew,

On 04/03/15 23:59, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> If a machine-specific hook is not implemented for restart, poweroff,
> or halt, fall back to halting secondary CPUs, disabling interrupts,
> and spinning. In the case of restart, attempt to restart the system
> via do_kernel_restart() (which will call any registered restart
> handlers) before halting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/kernel/reset.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> index 07fc524..87b1f08 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> @@ -29,16 +29,36 @@ void machine_restart(char *command)
> {
> if (_machine_restart)
> _machine_restart(command);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> + smp_send_stop();

Maybe local_irq_disable should be before smp_send_stop() to avoid
deadlocks (same below)?

See for example commit 44424c34049f41123a3a8b4853822f47f4ff03a2 ("ARM:
7803/1: Fix deadlock scenario with smp_send_stop()").

> +#endif
> + do_kernel_restart(command);
> + pr_emerg("Reboot failed -- System halted\n");

Perhaps we could have a grace period like ARM does here:

> /* Give a grace period for failure to restart of 1s */
> mdelay(1000);

Otherwise with this patch a reboot on Malta usually shows some/all of
this pr_emerg message prior to actually restarting. (Arguably thats a
failing of Malta's _machine_restart not to have a delay... thoughts?).

Cheers
James

> + local_irq_disable();
> + while (1);
> }
>
> void machine_halt(void)
> {
> if (_machine_halt)
> _machine_halt();
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> + smp_send_stop();
> +#endif
> + local_irq_disable();
> + while (1);
> }
>
> void machine_power_off(void)
> {
> if (pm_power_off)
> pm_power_off();
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> + smp_send_stop();
> +#endif
> + local_irq_disable();
> + while (1);
> }
>

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