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Subject: Re: [v2] powerpc: NMI IPI make NMI IPIs fully sychronous
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On Wed, 2018-04-25 at 05:17:59 UTC, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> There is an asynchronous aspect to smp_send_nmi_ipi. The caller waits
> for all CPUs to call in to the handler, but it does not wait for
> completion of the handler. This is a needless complication, so remove
> it and always wait synchronously.
> 
> The synchronous wait allows the caller to easily time out and clear
> the wait for completion (zero nmi_ipi_busy_count) in the case of badly
> behaved handlers. This would have prevented the recent smp_send_stop
> NMI IPI bug from causing the system to hang.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/5b73151fff63fb019db8171cb81c6c

cheers