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From: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>
To: linux@roeck-us.net, wim@linux-watchdog.org
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Cleanup Claiming NMI
Date: Wed,  8 Nov 2023 19:44:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231109024407.120856-1-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> (raw)

In addition to being a watchdog, hpwdt participates in error
containmnet on ProLiant systems.

On legacy platforms (Gen 8/Gen 9 and earlier) Fatal IO errors would be
signaled as an IO CHECK NMI with expectation that hpwdt would be present
to receive the NMI and crash the systems thus containing the error.

A problem was that hwpdt did not discriminate enough in accepting NMIs.
This could lead to problems if an NMI generated for another subsystems
was not claimed by that subsystem and became UNKNOWN and was claimed
by hpwdt.  Application profiling was such an example.  While, profiling
issue was fixed, hpwdt should avoid claiming NMI not intended for it.

In iLO 5 time frame, checks were added to make hpwdt more selective
in claiming NMI.  This patchset cleans up the checks and enables it
for future versions of iLO.


Jerry Hoemann (2):
  watchdog/hpwdt: Only claim UNKNOWN NMI if from iLO
  watchdog/hpwdt: Remove checks on ilo5

 drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

-- 
2.41.0


             reply	other threads:[~2023-11-09  2:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-09  2:44 Jerry Hoemann [this message]
2023-11-09  2:44 ` [PATCH 1/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Only claim UNKNOWN NMI if from iLO Jerry Hoemann
2023-11-09  2:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Remove checks on ilo5 Jerry Hoemann
2023-11-27  3:16 ` [PATCH 0/2] watchdog/hpwdt: Cleanup Claiming NMI Jerry Hoemann

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