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From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not update sysfs cpu registration from invalid context
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:47:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51C904B3.4060509@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130625015057.GC14051@concordia>

On 06/24/2013 08:50 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 09:14:23AM -0500, Nathan Fontenot wrote:
>> The topology update code that updates the cpu node registration in sysfs
>> should not be called while in stop_machine(). The register/unregister
>> calls take a lock and may sleep.
>>
>> This patch moves these calls outside of the call to stop_machine().
> 
> What happens? Do we lockup or do you just get a warning?
> 
> And what commit introduced the breakage?

Guilty on on all counts. Hopefully I can still get by with stern warning.

-Nathan

      reply	other threads:[~2013-06-25  2:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-24 14:14 [PATCH] Do not update sysfs cpu registration from invalid context Nathan Fontenot
2013-06-24 17:18 ` Seth Jennings
2013-06-24 19:16   ` Seth Jennings
2013-06-24 19:25     ` Nathan Fontenot
2013-06-25  1:50       ` Michael Ellerman
2013-06-25  2:46         ` Nathan Fontenot
2013-06-25  1:50 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-06-25  2:47   ` Nathan Fontenot [this message]

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