From: Jan Beulich Suppress triggering a nested panic due to soft lockup detection. Signed-Off-By: Jan Beulich diff -Npru /home/jbeulich/tmp/linux-2.6.16-rc1/kernel/panic.c 2.6.16-rc1-panic-softlockup/kernel/panic.c --- /home/jbeulich/tmp/linux-2.6.16-rc1/kernel/panic.c 2006-01-27 15:10:49.000000000 +0100 +++ 2.6.16-rc1-panic-softlockup/kernel/panic.c 2006-01-25 09:55:53.000000000 +0100 @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, printk(KERN_EMERG "Rebooting in %d seconds..",panic_timeout); for (i = 0; i < panic_timeout*1000; ) { touch_nmi_watchdog(); + touch_softlockup_watchdog(); i += panic_blink(i); mdelay(1); i++; @@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, #endif local_irq_enable(); for (i = 0;;) { + touch_softlockup_watchdog(); i += panic_blink(i); mdelay(1); i++;