Re: [PATCH] powerpc/xmon: Fix an unexpected xmon onoff state change

[Michael Ellerman]

Pan Xinhui <xinhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> å 2017/2/17 14:05, Michael Ellerman åé:
>> Pan Xinhui <xinhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
>>> index 9c0e17c..f6e5c3d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
>>> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int xmon_gate;
>>>   #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>>>
>>>   static unsigned long in_xmon __read_mostly = 0;
>>> +static int xmon_off = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT);
>>
>> I think the logic would probably clearer if we invert this to become
>> xmon_on.
>>
> yep, make sense.
>
>>> @@ -3266,16 +3269,16 @@ static int __init setup_xmon_sysrq(void)
>>>   __initcall(setup_xmon_sysrq);
>>>   #endif /* CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ */
>>>
>>> -static int __initdata xmon_early, xmon_off;
>>> +static int __initdata xmon_early;
>>>
>>>   static int __init early_parse_xmon(char *p)
>>>   {
>>>   	if (!p || strncmp(p, "early", 5) == 0) {
>>>   		/* just "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early" */
>>> -		xmon_init(1);
>>>   		xmon_early = 1;
>>> +		xmon_off = 0;
>>>   	} else if (strncmp(p, "on", 2) == 0)
>>> -		xmon_init(1);
>>> +		xmon_off = 0;
>>
>> You've just changed the timing of when xmon gets enabled for the above
>> two cases, from here which is called very early, to xmon_setup() which
>> is called much later in boot.
>>
>> That effectively disables xmon for most of the boot, which we do not
>> want to do.
>>
> Although it is not often that kernel got stucked during boot.

I hope you're joking! :)

cheers