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Subject[patch] i386: halt the CPU on serious errors
Halt the CPU when serious errors are encountered and we
deliberately go into an infinite loop.

Suggested by Andreas Mohr.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>

--- 2.6.17-32.orig/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
+++ 2.6.17-32/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ static int crash_nmi_callback(struct pt_
disable_local_APIC();
atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi);
/* Assume hlt works */
- halt();
- for(;;);
+ for (;;)
+ halt();

return 1;
}
--- 2.6.17-32.orig/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
+++ 2.6.17-32/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ static void doublefault_fn(void)
}
}

- for (;;) /* nothing */;
+ for (;;)
+ halt();
}

struct tss_struct doublefault_tss __cacheline_aligned = {
--
Chuck
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