Re: [PATCH v13 07/10] firmware: psci: Implement vendor-specific resets as reboot-mode

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On Thu, 2025-07-31 at 11:05 +0530, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/30/2025 8:53 PM, André Draszik wrote:
> > More importantly, if e.g. an OOPS / panic happens after the reboot
> > notifier has run (and set vendor_reset.valid because a reboot mode
> > was requested), a panic handler changing reboot_mode to warm to
> > retain RAM contents will have no effect, because the the original
> > code above making those distinctions can not be reached anymore.
> > 
> > Above scenario with OOPS / panic after reboot notifier could e.g.
> > happen as part of device_shutdown() - see kernel_shutdown_prepare()
> 
> We can handle the panic path by adding a panic_notifier in psci
> and make vendor_reset.valid = false. Do you think adding this can clear
> the panic scenario above or there can still be some leak?

I think that would work. You then can't convey the reboot command, but
at that stage (panic/oops) it probably doesn't matter anymore, it only
cares about the crash handling which probably is enough.

Cheers,
Andre'





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