Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:33:09 -0600 | From | Mike Strosaker <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] arch-specific callout in panic() |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > We have the panic_notifier_list in there. Cannot you hook into that? >
panic_notifier_list is not used becasue we need to ensure that the actions in machine_panic are the last ones taken. machine_panic may not return (in the ppc64 case, it calls a firmware routine which does not return), so any other actions on the list need to be taken first.
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