Re: [PATCH V5 1/3] x86/ioapic: Support hot-removal of IOAPICs present during boot

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Mon Aug 08 2016 - 16:23:08 EST


On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:44:57AM +0800, Rui Wang wrote:
> v5: Remove #ifdef CONFIG_X86 from setup-bus.c, making it neutral to archs.
> v4: Add comments explaining when to call acpi_ioapic_add().
> v3: Previous versions break mips. This version fixes it.
>
> IOAPICs present during system boot aren't added to ioapic_list,
> thus are unable to be hot-removed. Fix it by calling
> acpi_ioapic_add() during root bus enumeration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Rui,

Where are we at with this? If there's anything that still needs to be
merged, can you rebase it to v4.8-rc1 and post a new, complete,
series?

Bjorn