xref: /linux/lib/bust_spinlocks.c (revision f3d9478b2ce468c3115b02ecae7e975990697f15)
1 /*
2  * lib/bust_spinlocks.c
3  *
4  * Provides a minimal bust_spinlocks for architectures which don't have one of their own.
5  *
6  * bust_spinlocks() clears any spinlocks which would prevent oops, die(), BUG()
7  * and panic() information from reaching the user.
8  */
9 
10 #include <linux/config.h>
11 #include <linux/kernel.h>
12 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
13 #include <linux/tty.h>
14 #include <linux/wait.h>
15 #include <linux/vt_kern.h>
16 
17 
18 void bust_spinlocks(int yes)
19 {
20 	if (yes) {
21 		oops_in_progress = 1;
22 	} else {
23 		int loglevel_save = console_loglevel;
24 #ifdef CONFIG_VT
25 		unblank_screen();
26 #endif
27 		oops_in_progress = 0;
28 		/*
29 		 * OK, the message is on the console.  Now we call printk()
30 		 * without oops_in_progress set so that printk() will give klogd
31 		 * and the blanked console a poke.  Hold onto your hats...
32 		 */
33 		console_loglevel = 15;		/* NMI oopser may have shut the console up */
34 		printk(" ");
35 		console_loglevel = loglevel_save;
36 	}
37 }
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