Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> writes: > On 25.06.14 13:27, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote: >> Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> writes: >> >> Let me put down my understanding: >> >> There are two possible way to handle kernel panic: >> 1) Kdump service running in guest - already working >> 2) Pass the kernel panic information to hypervisor - not there in Qemu >> pseries >> >> So without kdump service running, if linux kernel hits a panic, its going >> to check os-term and extended-os-term, only then its going to call >> os-term. > > It's checking both for a reason. Find that reason.
Here is what I figured out from PAPR: rtas ibm,os-term, does not gaurantee a return back to the guest cpu. If ibm,extended-os-term property is set rtas call return will always occur. Regards Nikunj
