[PATCH] avoid resursive oopses
Prevent recursive faults in do_exit() by leaving the task alone and wait
for reboot. This may allow a more graceful shutdown and possibly save the
original oops.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 2ef2ad5..c2bdf6f 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -793,6 +793,17 @@
ptrace_notify((PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT << 8) | SIGTRAP);
}
+ /*
+ * We're taking recursive faults here in do_exit. Safest is to just
+ * leave this task alone and wait for reboot.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+ printk(KERN_ALERT
+ "Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ schedule();
+ }
+
tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
/*