watchdog/hpwdt: Disable NMI in Crash Kernel
NMIs received during the crash path are problematic as hpwdt_pretimeout handling of the NMI would cause a reentry into kdump. The situation is complicated in that I/O errors can be signaled as NMI circumventing hpwdt_pretimeout's attempt to not claim NMI not associated with either the WDT or the iLO NMI switch. These NMI can additionally cause a secondary NMI which cause the system to hang. By disabling pretimeout and hpwdtimeout in crash path we both reduce the risk of receiving an NMI and simuletaneously leave the WDT running (if it was already in use) to allow the WDT to break the system out of hangs by the WDT reset. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1606097320-56762-2-git-send-email-jerry.hoemann@hpe.comSigned-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
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