Re: [ 06/89] powerpc/book3e: Disable interrupt afterpreempt_schedule_irq

[Ben Hutchings]

On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 14:07 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.7-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 572177d7c77db1981ba2563e01478126482c43bc upstream.
> 
> In preempt case current arch_local_irq_restore() from
> preempt_schedule_irq() may enable hard interrupt but we really
> should disable interrupts when we return from the interrupt,
> and so that we don't get interrupted after loading SRR0/1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Is this needed for any earlier kernel versions?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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