If OK, please sent this patch to upstream.
Thanks
Haren
When invoked kdump boot, plpar_eoi() call is getting failed and calling
panic().
Kernel panic - not syncing: bad return code EOI - rc = -4, value=ff000000
The issue is with the desc->chip->eoi(XICS_IPI) in xics_teardown_cpu().
Instead of passing the virq to desc->chip->eoi(), XICS_IPI is used.
Also, clear IPI in xics_teardown_cpu() got removed recently (in
2.6.17-git25). Noticed in some crash dump cases (Ex: initiate kdump
boot using soft-reset and xmon is enabled), IPI is not cleared for some
CPU(s) before starting the kdump boot. Hence, causing the kdump boot
failure.
Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <haren@us.ibm.com>