Re: [RFC PATCH] powerpc/kexec: Wait 1s for secondaries to enter OPAL
From: Stewart Smith <hidden>
Date: 2015-07-27 05:56:28
Samuel Mendoza-Jonas [off-list ref] writes:
Always include a timeout when waiting for secondary cpus to enter OPAL in the kexec path, rather than only when crashing.
This *sounds* reasonable... but I wonder what actual worse case could be and why we'd get stuck too long waiting for things? What was the original bug/problem that inspired this patch? and is 1s enough?