[FIX PATCH v1] powerpc/pseries: Fix reference count leak during CPU unplug
Sachin Sant
sachinp at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Mar 9 17:18:39 AEDT 2017
> Fix this by ensuring that of_node_put() is called only from the
> error path in dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index(). In the normal path,
> of_node_put() happens as part of dlpar_detach_node().
>
> Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Nathan Fontenot <nfont at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changes in v1:
> - Fixed the refcount problem in the userspace driven unplug path
> in addition to in-kernel unplug path. (Sachin Sant)
>
> v0: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/736547/
>
Thanks Bharata.
Tested cpu hotplug/unplug with this fix on a PowrVM LPAR.
Tested-by : Sachin Sant <sachinp at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thanks
-Sachin
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