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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mail List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Regression 3.4] tick_broadcast_mask is not restored after a CPU has been offline/onlined
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:42:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120730174218.GA30772@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120730170847.GE2391@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:08:47AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:07:47PM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:39:13 -0700
> > "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 03:15:59PM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 
> > > > When I debugged a suspend/resume bug, I found that tick_broadcast_mask is
> > > > not restored for a CPU after it is offline/onlined since kernel 3.4, while
> > > > it's fine for 3.3.
> > > 
> > > Could you please try 3.5?
> > 
> > Yes, it's the same for 3.5
> 
> Thank you for checking, Feng.
> 
> Len, the comment above the change says:
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * FIXME:  Design the ACPI notification to make it once per
> 	 * system instead of once per-cpu.  This condition is a hack
> 	 * to make the code that updates C-States be called once.
> 	 */
> 
> Is it time for this design-level change?  Or is there something obvious
> that I missed when fixing the smp_processor_id() splat?
> 
> I could revert back, but use raw_smp_processor_id() rather than
> smp_processor_id(), but that feels like papering over a problem rather
> than fixing it.

But should papering be appropriate, here is the patch.

							Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

ACPI: Repair fix to unprotected smp_processor_id()

Commit 9505626d (ACPI: Fix unprotected smp_processor_id() in
acpi_processor_cst_has_changed()) introduced a suspend/resume bug.
This commit therefore introduces a bug-for-bug compatible fix for the
original problem.

Reported-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 47a8caa..19c151a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,8 @@ int acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	 * to make the code that updates C-States be called once.
 	 */
 
-	if (pr->id == 0 && cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver) {
+	if (raw_smp_processor_id() == 0 &&
+	    cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver) {
 
 		cpuidle_pause_and_lock();
 		/* Protect against cpu-hotplug */


  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-30 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20120730151559.772d4055@feng-i7>
2012-07-30 13:39 ` [Regression 3.4] tick_broadcast_mask is not restored after a CPU has been offline/onlined Paul E. McKenney
2012-07-30 15:07   ` Feng Tang
2012-07-30 17:08     ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-07-30 17:42       ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2012-07-31  3:18         ` Feng Tang
2012-07-31  4:09           ` Paul E. McKenney

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