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SubjectRe: Regression in panic
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I think this change is causing a regression I'm seeing in panic.
> Before this change, I'd get a
> reboot on panic (we've configured as such).
>
> With this change, my machine gets wedged if the machine is running in
> X when the panic occurs.
>
> I traced the code flow to this:
>
> bust_spinlocks(0);
> ->unblank_screen();
> ->do_unblank_screen(0);
> ->vc->vc_sw->con_blank(vc, 0, 0);
> ->fbcon_blank(vc, 0, 0);
> ->update_screen(vc);
> ->redraw_screen(vc, 0);
> ->vc->vc_sw->con_switch(vc);
> ->fbcon_switch(vc);
> ->ops->update_start(info);
> ->bit_update_start(info);
> ->fb_pan_display(info, &ops->var);
> ->info->fbops->fb_pan_display(var, info);
> ->drm_fb_helper_pan_display(var, info);
> ->mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex); *this blocks*
>
> With this change, there is now a lot going on in the panic path. Stuff
> that I'm not sure is safe when panicking. In addition to the
> mutex_lock, there is also a del_timer_sync()
> now happening in the context of panic().
>
> I see this bug with a 2.6.38 kernel but did a quick scan of a newer
> kernels and did not see anything that changed in this path so I
> suspect its still there.
>
> Reverting this change fixes the regression.
>

Chris Fowler reports something similar when running 2.6.38 by inducing a
kernel panic via the oom killer -- see
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130805985022791. I've added him to the
cc so he can participate in the thread and cherry-pick any fixes (last
status update was that he was going to be trying 2.6.38.8).


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