Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Only obtain cpu_hotplug_lock if called by rtasd

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Fri Jun 23 2017 - 00:13:38 EST


Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>> Michael Bringmann provided this information:
>> >> It's not hard to backport both this patch and commit fe5595c07400
>> >> ("stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked()") from branch
>> >> smp/hotplug in tip.git for stable.
>> >
>> > Yeah but it's not really my business backporting that unfortunately.
>>
>> Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was offering to provide backported patches for
>> the relevant stable branches.
>>
>> Though that will only be necessary if we also backport the topology
>> fixes as well.
>
> So shall I pick up the fix and route it through tip smp/hotplug where the
> cpu hotplug core changes reside on which that patch depends on?

Yes please. Here's an ack if you like:

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers