From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:46:53 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] i386: cpu_relax() in crash.c and doublefault.c
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.18-rc1~1061
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=caad3c2a15dfa2e0da8cf51a57c052372123483c;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git

[PATCH] i386: cpu_relax() in crash.c and doublefault.c

Add cpu_relax() to infinite loops in crash.c and doublefault.c.  This is
the safest change.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c b/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
index 2b0cfce24a6..21dc1bbb806 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static int crash_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu)
 	atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi);
 	/* Assume hlt works */
 	halt();
-	for(;;);
+	for (;;)
+		cpu_relax();
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c b/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
index 5edb1d379ad..b4d14c2eb34 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ static void doublefault_fn(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (;;) /* nothing */;
+	for (;;)
+		cpu_relax();
 }
 
 struct tss_struct doublefault_tss __cacheline_aligned = {