From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:39:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] arm64: Verify CPU errata work arounds on hotplugged CPU In-Reply-To: <1459941854-5190-5-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> References: <1459941854-5190-1-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> <1459941854-5190-5-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Message-ID: <20160414173948.GO4584@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 12:24:13PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: > CPU Errata work arounds are detected and applied to the > kernel code at boot time and the data is then freed up. > If a new hotplugged CPU requires a work around which > was not applied at boot time, there is nothing we can > do but simply fail the booting. Hmm, wouldn't it be better not to free the alternative text for errata workarounds instead? Will From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756623AbcDNRjv (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:39:51 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:45127 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756531AbcDNRju (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:39:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:39:48 +0100 From: Will Deacon To: Suzuki K Poulose Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, Vadim.Lomovtsev@caviumnetworks.com, Andre Przywara Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] arm64: Verify CPU errata work arounds on hotplugged CPU Message-ID: <20160414173948.GO4584@arm.com> References: <1459941854-5190-1-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> <1459941854-5190-5-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1459941854-5190-5-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 12:24:13PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: > CPU Errata work arounds are detected and applied to the > kernel code at boot time and the data is then freed up. > If a new hotplugged CPU requires a work around which > was not applied at boot time, there is nothing we can > do but simply fail the booting. Hmm, wouldn't it be better not to free the alternative text for errata workarounds instead? Will