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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] reset PV devices in crash kernel

To: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] reset PV devices in crash kernel
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:16:42 -0500
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 05:28:09PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> 
> After triggering a crash dump in a HVM guest, the PV backend drivers
> will remain in connected state.  When the kdump kernel starts the PV
> drivers will skip such devices.  As a result, no root device is found
> and the vmcore cant be saved.
> 
> With this change all frontend devices with state XenbusStateConnected
> will be reset by changing the state file to Closing/Closed/Initializing.
> This will trigger a disconnect in the backend drivers. Now the frontend
> drivers will find the backend drivers in state Initwait and can connect.

Do you have a similar patch for the pv-ops?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> v2:
>  add missing newlines to new printk() output
> 
>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c |    4 +
>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c |   96 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.18-xen.hg/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18-xen.hg.orig/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> +++ linux-2.6.18-xen.hg/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ int xb_init_comms(void)
>               printk(KERN_WARNING "XENBUS response ring is not quiescent "
>                      "(%08x:%08x): fixing up\n",
>                      intf->rsp_cons, intf->rsp_prod);
> -             intf->rsp_cons = intf->rsp_prod;
> +             /* breaks kdump */
> +             if (!reset_devices)
> +                     intf->rsp_cons = intf->rsp_prod;
>       }
>  
>       if (xenbus_irq)
> Index: linux-2.6.18-xen.hg/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18-xen.hg.orig/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> +++ linux-2.6.18-xen.hg/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> @@ -854,11 +854,107 @@ void unregister_xenstore_notifier(struct
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_xenstore_notifier);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
> +static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(be_state_wq);
> +static int be_state;
> +
> +static void xenbus_reset_state_changed(struct xenbus_watch *w, const char 
> **v, unsigned int l)
> +{
> +     xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, v[XS_WATCH_PATH], "", "%i", &be_state);
> +     printk(KERN_INFO "XENBUS: %s %s\n", v[XS_WATCH_PATH], 
> xenbus_strstate(be_state));
> +     wake_up(&be_state_wq);
> +}
> +
> +static int xenbus_reset_check_final(int *st)
> +{
> +     return *st == XenbusStateInitialising || *st == XenbusStateInitWait;
> +}
> +
> +static void xenbus_reset_frontend_state(char *backend, char *frontend)
> +{
> +     struct xenbus_watch watch;
> +
> +     memset(&watch, 0, sizeof(watch));
> +     watch.node = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH, "%s/state", backend);
> +     if (!watch.node)
> +             return;
> +
> +     watch.callback = xenbus_reset_state_changed;
> +     be_state = XenbusStateUnknown;
> +
> +     printk(KERN_INFO "triggering reconnect on %s\n", backend);
> +     register_xenbus_watch(&watch);
> +
> +     xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, frontend, "state", "%d", XenbusStateClosing);
> +     wait_event_interruptible(be_state_wq, be_state == XenbusStateClosing);
> +
> +     xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, frontend, "state", "%d", XenbusStateClosed);
> +     wait_event_interruptible(be_state_wq, be_state == XenbusStateClosed);
> +
> +     xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, frontend, "state", "%d", 
> XenbusStateInitialising);
> +     wait_event_interruptible(be_state_wq, 
> xenbus_reset_check_final(&be_state));
> +
> +     unregister_xenbus_watch(&watch);
> +     printk(KERN_INFO "reconnect done on %s\n", backend);
> +     kfree(watch.node);
> +}
> +
> +static void xenbus_reset_check_state(char *frontend)
> +{
> +     int state, err;
> +     char *backend;
> +
> +     err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, frontend, "state", "%i", &state);
> +     /* frontend connected? */
> +     if (err == 1 && state == XenbusStateConnected) {
> +             backend = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, frontend, "backend", NULL);
> +             if (!backend || IS_ERR(backend))
> +                     return;
> +             err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, backend, "state", "%i", &state);
> +             /* backend connected? */
> +             if (err == 1 && state == XenbusStateConnected)
> +                     xenbus_reset_frontend_state(backend, frontend);
> +             kfree(backend);
> +     }
> +}
> +
> +static void xenbus_reset_state(void)
> +{
> +     char *frontend;
> +     char **devclass, **dev;
> +     int devclass_n, dev_n;
> +     int i, j;
> +
> +     devclass = xenbus_directory(XBT_NIL, "device", "", &devclass_n);
> +     if (IS_ERR(devclass))
> +             return;
> +
> +     for (i = 0; i < devclass_n; i++) {
> +             dev = xenbus_directory(XBT_NIL, "device", devclass[i], &dev_n);
> +             if (IS_ERR(dev))
> +                     continue;
> +             for (j = 0; j < dev_n; j++) {
> +                     frontend = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO|__GFP_HIGH, 
> "device/%s/%s", devclass[i], dev[j]);
> +                     if (!frontend)
> +                             continue;
> +                     xenbus_reset_check_state(frontend);
> +                     kfree(frontend);
> +             }
> +             kfree(dev);
> +     }
> +     kfree(devclass);
> +}
> +#endif
>  
>  void xenbus_probe(void *unused)
>  {
>       BUG_ON(!is_xenstored_ready());
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
> +     /* reset devices in XenbusStateConnected state */
> +     if (!is_initial_xendomain() && reset_devices)
> +             xenbus_reset_state();
> +#endif
>       /* Enumerate devices in xenstore and watch for changes. */
>       xenbus_probe_devices(&xenbus_frontend);
>       register_xenbus_watch(&fe_watch);
> 
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