Vaibhav Jain <vaib...@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> Ever since fast reboot is enabled by default in opal,
> opal_cec_reboot() will use fast-reset instead of full IPL to perform
> system reboot. This leaves the user with no direct way to force a full
> IPL reboot except changing an nvram setting that persistently disables
> fast-reset for all subsequent reboots.
>
> This patch provides a more direct way for the user to force a one-shot
> full IPL reboot by passing the command line argument 'full' to the
> reboot command. So the user will be able to tweak the reboot behavior
> via:
>
> $ sudo reboot full # Force a full ipl reboot skipping fast-reset
>
> or
> $ sudo reboot # default reboot path (usually fast-reset)
>
> The reboot command passes the un-parsed command argument to the kernel
> via the 'Reboot' syscall which is then passed on to the arch function
> pnv_restart(). The patch updates pnv_restart() to handle this cmd-arg
> and issues opal_cec_reboot2 with OPAL_REBOOT_FULL_IPL to force a full
> IPL reset.
We're about to introduce an MPIPL reboot type (to take a firmware
assisted kdump style thing), and we maybe should have a reboot type to
force attempting a fast-reboot, and this makes me think if we should add
those in now?
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaib...@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h | 1 +
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c | 8 +++++++-
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
> index 8365353330b4..870fb7b239ea 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
> @@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ enum OpalSysCooling {
> enum {
> OPAL_REBOOT_NORMAL = 0,
> OPAL_REBOOT_PLATFORM_ERROR = 1,
> + OPAL_REBOOT_FULL_IPL = 2,
> };
>
> /* Argument to OPAL_PCI_TCE_KILL */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
> index adddde023622..33d2faeacff8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
> @@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ static void __noreturn pnv_restart(char *cmd)
> pnv_prepare_going_down();
>
> while (rc == OPAL_BUSY || rc == OPAL_BUSY_EVENT) {
> - rc = opal_cec_reboot();
> +
> + /* See if we need to do a full IPL reboot */
> + if (cmd && strcmp(cmd, "full") == 0)
> + rc = opal_cec_reboot2(OPAL_REBOOT_FULL_IPL, NULL);
> + else
> + rc = opal_cec_reboot();
> +
If the reboot type isn't supported, what should be the behvaiour? Reboot
the default way or don't reboot at all?
--
Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.
