ddi_in_panic(9F)

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Name

ddi_in_panic– determine if system is in panic state

Synopsis

#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>



int ddi_in_panic(void);

Interface Level

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

Description

Drivers controlling devices on which the system may write a kernel crash dump in the event of a panic can call ddi_in_panic() to determine if the system is panicking.

When the system is panicking, the calls of functions scheduled by timeout(9F) and ddi_trigger_softintr(9F) will never occur. Neither can delay(9F) be relied upon, since it is implemented via timeout(9F).

Drivers that need to enforce a time delay such as SCSI bus reset delay time must busy-wait when the system is panicking.

Return Values

ddi_in_panic() returns 1 if the system is in panic, or 0 otherwise.

Context

ddi_in_panic() may be called from any context.

See Also

dump(9E), delay(9F), ddi_trigger_softintr(9F), timeout(9F)

Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.10  Last Revised 23 Jun 1997

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