[PATCH] ARM: disable interrupt before spinning endlessly
Shawn Guo
shawn.guo at linaro.org
Sun Jul 29 20:30:20 EDT 2012
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:22:16PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 05:09:48PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > The CPU will endlessly spin at the end of machine_halt and
> > machine_restart calls. However, this will lead to a soft lockup
> > warning after about 20 seconds, if CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR is enabled,
> > as system timer is still alive.
> >
> > Disable interrupt before going to spin endlessly, so that the lockup
> > warning will never be seen.
> >
> > Reported-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at linaro.org>
> > ---
>
> Should this also be Cc'd to stable when it's committed?
Yes, I forgot it.
I assume you will take care of it when you commit it to your tree.
Otherwise, please let me know and I will resubmit the patch.
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Regards,
Shawn
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