Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86-32: Fix crashes with CPU hotplug on AMDmachines

[Borislav Petkov]

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 08:35:43AM -0400

> > > > The synchronization problem might be real. The cpu_init function uses
> > > > per-cpu variables which might not be present in the early synced
> > > > tramponline page table (iirc). The change to swapper_pg_dir and the
> > > > global tlb flush should probably be moved to the very beginning of the
> > > > start_secondary function.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Are you going to submit an updated patch, then?
> > 
> > Yes, I will send it next week when I am back in office and gave it some
> > testing.
> 
> currently testing...

Updated versions survived almost 48h of uninterrupted hammering, I'm
sending them as a reply to this message...

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