Re: [PATCH] ppc64 gives up too quickly on hotplugged cpu

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> On some systems it can take a hotplugged cpu much longer to come up 
> than it would at boot.  If the cpu comes up after we've given up on 
> it, it tends to die in its first attempt to kmem_cache_alloc 
> (uninitialized percpu data, I imagine).

Should not CPU check if system given up on it, and go to infinite
loop if it did to prevent data corruption?

Ouch and please inline patches.
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