From d0d9c7235548f1d772f1e48c9d5742c65d81c705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jinchao Wang Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:29:29 +0800 Subject: panic: introduce helper functions for panic state MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Patch series "panic: introduce panic status function family", v2. This series introduces a family of helper functions to manage panic state and updates existing code to use them. Before this series, panic state helpers were scattered and inconsistent. For example, panic_in_progress() was defined in printk/printk.c, not in panic.c or panic.h. As a result, developers had to look in unexpected places to understand or re-use panic state logic. Other checks were open- coded, duplicating logic across panic, crash, and watchdog paths. The new helpers centralize the functionality in panic.c/panic.h: - panic_try_start() - panic_reset() - panic_in_progress() - panic_on_this_cpu() - panic_on_other_cpu() Patches 1–8 add the helpers and convert panic/crash and printk/nbcon code to use them. Patch 9 fixes a bug in the watchdog subsystem by skipping checks when a panic is in progress, avoiding interference with the panic CPU. Together, this makes panic state handling simpler, more discoverable, and more robust. This patch (of 9): This patch introduces four new helper functions to abstract the management of the panic_cpu variable. These functions will be used in subsequent patches to refactor existing code. The direct use of panic_cpu can be error-prone and ambiguous, as it requires manual checks to determine which CPU is handling the panic. The new helpers clarify intent: panic_try_start(): Atomically sets the current CPU as the panicking CPU. panic_reset(): Reset panic_cpu to PANIC_CPU_INVALID. panic_in_progress(): Checks if a panic has been triggered. panic_on_this_cpu(): Returns true if the current CPU is the panic originator. panic_on_other_cpu(): Returns true if a panic is on another CPU. This change lays the groundwork for improved code readability and robustness in the panic handling subsystem. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250825022947.1596226-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250825022947.1596226-2-wangjinchao600@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Baoquan He Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: Dave Young Cc: Doug Anderson Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Joanthan Cameron Cc: Joel Granados Cc: John Ogness Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Li Huafei Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Luo Gengkun Cc: Max Kellermann Cc: Nam Cao Cc: oushixiong Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Qianqiang Liu Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky Cc: Sohil Mehta Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Thomas Gleinxer Cc: Thomas Zimemrmann Cc: Thorsten Blum Cc: Ville Syrjala Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: Yunhui Cui Cc: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) b Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/panic.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/panic.h') diff --git a/include/linux/panic.h b/include/linux/panic.h index 7be742628c25..6f972a66c13e 100644 --- a/include/linux/panic.h +++ b/include/linux/panic.h @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ void abort(void); extern atomic_t panic_cpu; #define PANIC_CPU_INVALID -1 +bool panic_try_start(void); +void panic_reset(void); +bool panic_in_progress(void); +bool panic_on_this_cpu(void); +bool panic_on_other_cpu(void); + /* * Only to be used by arch init code. If the user over-wrote the default * CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT, honor it. -- cgit v1.2.3