From: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@dsv.su.se>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:09:13 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] avoid resursive oopses
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[PATCH] avoid resursive oopses

Prevent recursive faults in do_exit() by leaving the task alone and wait
for reboot.  This may allow a more graceful shutdown and possibly save the
original oops.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 2ef2ad540201..c2bdf6fb61a5 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -793,6 +793,17 @@ fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 		ptrace_notify((PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT << 8) | SIGTRAP);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We're taking recursive faults here in do_exit. Safest is to just
+	 * leave this task alone and wait for reboot.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+		printk(KERN_ALERT
+			"Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!\n");
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		schedule();
+	}
+
 	tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
 
 	/*