Re: [patch V2 0/2] mm/memory_hotplug: Cure potential deadlocks vs. cpu hotplug lock

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Jul 05 2017 - 17:54:05 EST


On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:32:32 +0200 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Andrey reported a potential deadlock with the memory hotplug lock and the
> cpu hotplug lock.
>
> The following series addresses this by reworking the memory hotplug locking
> and fixing up the potential deadlock scenarios.

Do you think we should squeeze this into 4.13-rc1, or can we afford to
take the more cautious route?