Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Provide fallback reboot/poweroff/halt implementations

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Fri Mar 06 2015 - 06:10:06 EST


On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, Andrew Bresticker wrote:

> If a machine-specific hook is not implemented for restart, poweroff,
> or halt, fall back to halting secondary CPUs, disabling interrupts,
> and spinning. In the case of restart, attempt to restart the system
> via do_kernel_restart() (which will call any registered restart
> handlers) before halting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/kernel/reset.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> index 07fc524..87b1f08 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c
> @@ -29,16 +29,36 @@ void machine_restart(char *command)
> {
> if (_machine_restart)
> _machine_restart(command);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> + smp_send_stop();
> +#endif
> + do_kernel_restart(command);
> + pr_emerg("Reboot failed -- System halted\n");
> + local_irq_disable();
> + while (1);

I think it would make sense to put WAIT or suchlike in the final loop
so that such a halted system does not suck power unnecessarily. I think
bits in arch/mips/kernel/idle.c should do, after some massaging. As the
next step perhaps, don't treat it as a NACK for this change.

Maciej
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