[S390] kernel: Fix dump on panic for DASDs under LPAR.
authorMichael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:52:43 +0000 (12:52 +0200)
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:52:48 +0000 (12:52 +0200)
Currently the ccw method is used to ipl the DASD dump record under LPAR.
This mechanism is not reliable, which can cause dump failures. This fix
now uses the diag 308 ipl method for all machines, which have diag308
subcode 5 and 4 support.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c

index 66b5190..ce0856d 100644 (file)
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ static int dump_set_type(enum dump_type type)
        case DUMP_TYPE_CCW:
                if (MACHINE_IS_VM)
                        dump_method = DUMP_METHOD_CCW_VM;
+               else if (diag308_set_works)
+                       dump_method = DUMP_METHOD_CCW_DIAG;
                else
                        dump_method = DUMP_METHOD_CCW_CIO;
                break;