Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Mutually exclude cpu online andsuspend/hibernate

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu Oct 13 2011 - 12:06:12 EST


Hello,

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 09:12:16PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> Given that the microcode update hotplug optimization is going upstream,
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/13/258), we know that whether we want to call
> it a bugfix or optimization, either way it *is* going to fix this bug.
> And this current patchset's mutual exclusion approach was also aimed at fixing
> the same bug since at the time it was written, discussion was still going on
> about which solution would be better.

I hate to sound like a broken recorder but the above patch isn't
strictly correct for hot-swap cases, right? Let's please add
revalidation before pushing that upstream. Rafael, did you already
take that patch?

Thanks.

--
tejun
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