Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | [PATCH] [14/19] i386: Disable nmi watchdog on all ThinkPads | Date | Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:51:34 +0200 (CEST) |
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Even newer Thinkpads have bugs in SMM code that causes hangs with NMI watchdog.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
--- arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c | 10 +++++----- drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/dmi.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ static int __init check_nmi_watchdog(voi int cpu; /* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems. - Actually it should be safe for most systems before 2004 too except - for some IBM systems that corrupt registers when NMI happens - during SMM. Unfortunately we don't have more exact information - on these and use this coarse check. */ - if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004) + Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful. + IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM + which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */ + if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 && + !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad")) nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC; if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT)) Index: linux/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c +++ linux/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c @@ -326,6 +326,26 @@ char *dmi_get_system_info(int field) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_system_info); + +/** + * dmi_name_in_vendors - Check if string is anywhere in the DMI vendor information. + * @str: Case sensitive Name + */ +int dmi_name_in_vendors(char *str) +{ + static int fields[] = { DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, DMI_BIOS_VERSION, DMI_SYS_VENDOR, + DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, + DMI_BOARD_NAME, DMI_BOARD_VERSION, DMI_NONE }; + int i; + for (i = 0; fields[i] != DMI_NONE; i++) { + int f = fields[i]; + if (dmi_ident[f] && strstr(dmi_ident[f], str)) + return 1; + } + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_name_in_vendors); + /** * dmi_find_device - find onboard device by type/name * @type: device type or %DMI_DEV_TYPE_ANY to match all device types Index: linux/include/linux/dmi.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/linux/dmi.h +++ linux/include/linux/dmi.h @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern struct dmi_device * dmi_find_devi struct dmi_device *from); extern void dmi_scan_machine(void); extern int dmi_get_year(int field); +extern int dmi_name_in_vendors(char *str); #else @@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ static inline char * dmi_get_system_info static inline struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name, struct dmi_device *from) { return NULL; } static inline int dmi_get_year(int year) { return 0; } +static inline int dmi_name_in_vendors(char *s) { return 0; } #endif - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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