[PATCH v2 0/4] Unify CPU hotplug lock interface

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday, August 30, 2013 11:44:06 AM Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> (2013/08/30 9:22), Toshi Kani wrote:
> > lock_device_hotplug() was recently introduced to serialize CPU & Memory
> > online/offline and hotplug operations, along with sysfs online interface
> > restructure (commit 4f3549d7).  With this new locking scheme,
> > cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() is redundant and is no longer necessary.
> > 
> > This patchset makes sure that lock_device_hotplug() covers all CPU online/
> > offline interfaces, and then removes cpu_hotplug_driver_lock().
> > 
> > v2:
> >   - Rebased to the pm tree, bleeding-edge.
> >   - Changed patch 2/4 to use lock_device_hotplug_sysfs().
> > 
> > ---
> > Toshi Kani (4):
> >    hotplug, x86: Fix online state in cpu0 debug interface
> >    hotplug, x86: Add hotplug lock to missing places
> >    hotplug, x86: Disable ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE on x86
> >    hotplug, powerpc, x86: Remove cpu_hotplug_driver_lock()
> > 
> > ---
> The patch-set looks good to me.
> 
> Acked-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki at jp.fujitsu.com>

Thanks!  I'll tentatively queue up this series for 3.12 (for the second
half of the merge window).

Thanks,
Rafael