On 13/10/16 17:51, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > Also use EX_NMI save space. This should give cleaner debug data in > case kernel stacks have become corrupted. > > MSR_RI is kept clear for the 0x100 handler, because we can't mask it, > and can't tolerate a reentrant NMI. Technically the 0x100 is not really > recoverable yet, because it could trample on another emergency stack > user. This will require a bit more work to safely implement, but for > now we don't need to recover after a 0x100. > > A little bit of the emergency stack / MSR_RI handling differences seem > like they can be consolidated with some other handlers. I'll split those > into a couple more patches before submitting. > > I moved the MC save area in the paca out from between the general and > slb save areas, and put it with the nmi area because it shouldn't be used > much.
I think we should document the limitations as discussed One of them is that sequential system resets have unpredictable behaviour when done in quick successions. I also don't like some of the naming like NORI, I would rather prefer NOT_RI, but thats just nit picking Balbir Singh.
