linux/arch/powerpc
Michael Ellerman 730efb6193 powerpc/xmon: Don't loop forever in get_output_lock()
If we enter with xmon_speaker != 0 we skip the first cmpxchg(), we also
skip the while loop because xmon_speaker != last_speaker (0) - meaning we
skip the second cmpxchg() also.

Following that code path the compiler sees no memory barriers and so is
within its rights to never reload xmon_speaker. The end result is we loop
forever.

This manifests as all cpus being in xmon ('c' command), but they refuse
to take control when you switch to them ('c x' for cpu # x).

I have seen this deadlock in practice and also checked the generated code to
confirm this is what's happening.

The simplest fix is just to always try the cmpxchg().

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2014-02-11 11:24:50 +11:00
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boot Merge remote-tracking branch 'agust/next' into next 2014-01-29 16:53:55 +11:00
configs Merge remote-tracking branch 'scott/next' into next 2014-01-15 14:22:35 +11:00
crypto
include powerpc: Fix kdump hang issue on p8 with relocation on exception enabled. 2014-02-11 11:24:47 +11:00
kernel powerpc/relocate fix relocate processing in LE mode 2014-02-11 11:24:48 +11:00
kvm Second batch of KVM updates. Some minor x86 fixes, 2014-01-31 08:37:32 -08:00
lib powerpc: Add vr save/restore functions 2014-01-15 13:46:43 +11:00
math-emu powerpc: fix e500 SPE float SIGFPE generation 2014-01-07 18:43:42 -06:00
mm powerpc: Fix kdump hang issue on p8 with relocation on exception enabled. 2014-02-11 11:24:47 +11:00
net bpf: do not use reciprocal divide 2014-01-15 17:02:08 -08:00
oprofile powerpc: Delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h> 2014-01-15 13:46:44 +11:00
perf powerpc/perf: Configure BHRB filter before enabling PMU interrupts 2014-02-11 11:24:50 +11:00
platforms powerpc/pseries: Select ARCH_RANDOM on pseries 2014-02-11 11:24:49 +11:00
sysdev powerpc: Fix build failure in sysdev/mpic.c for MPIC_WEIRD=y 2014-02-11 11:24:45 +11:00
xmon powerpc/xmon: Don't loop forever in get_output_lock() 2014-02-11 11:24:50 +11:00
Kconfig Second batch of KVM updates. Some minor x86 fixes, 2014-01-31 08:37:32 -08:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile powerpc: Fix error when cross building TAGS & cscope 2013-11-25 11:49:11 +11:00
relocs_check.pl