[PATCH 2/4] hotplug, x86: Add hotplug lock to missing places
Toshi Kani
toshi.kani at hp.com
Tue Aug 20 00:53:44 EST 2013
On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 16:15 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 01:46:57PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > lock_device_hotplug() serializes CPU & Memory online/offline and hotplug
> > operations. However, this lock is not held in the debug interfaces below
> > that initiate CPU online/offline operations.
> >
> > - _debug_hotplug_cpu(), cpu0 hotplug test interface enabled by
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_HOTPLUG_CPU0.
> > - cpu_probe_store() and cpu_release_store(), cpu hotplug test interface
> > enabled by CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE.
> >
> > This patch changes the above interfaces to hold lock_device_hotplug().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hp.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/topology.c | 2 ++
> > drivers/base/cpu.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
Thanks Greg!
-Toshi
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