Re: [PATCH 03/13] powerpc/rtas: avoid device tree lookups in rtas_os_term()
From: Nathan Lynch <hidden>
Date: 2022-11-29 15:38:42
"Nicholas Piggin" [off-list ref] writes:
On Tue Nov 29, 2022 at 4:26 AM AEST, Nathan Lynch wrote:quoted
"Nicholas Piggin" [off-list ref] writes:quoted
On Sat Nov 19, 2022 at 1:07 AM AEST, Nathan Lynch wrote:quoted
rtas_os_term() is called during panic. Its behavior depends on a couple of conditions in the /rtas node of the device tree, the traversal of which entails locking and local IRQ state changes. If the kernel panics while devtree_lock is held, rtas_os_term() as currently written could hang.Nice.quoted
Instead of discovering the relevant characteristics at panic time, cache them in file-static variables at boot. Note the lookup for "ibm,extended-os-term" is converted to of_property_read_bool() since it is a boolean property, not a RTAS function token.Small nit, but you could do that at the query site unless you were going to start using ibm,os-term without the extended capability.I'm unsure that this is what you're suggesting, but we don't want to use of_property_read_bool() in this context either, because it has the same undesirable qualities as rtas_token().I mean rtas_initialize() could do if (of_property_read_bool(rtas.dev, "ibm,extended-os-term")) ibm_os_term_token = rtas_token("ibm,os-term");
Oh of course, thanks. Since I need to do a v2 anyway, I'll make that change.