linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, hwmon: Fix unsafe smp_processor_id() in thermal_throttle_add

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Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:51:52 -0700
From:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Joerg.Roedel@....com" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>,
	"maciej.rutecki@...il.com" <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com" <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	"linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, hwmon: Fix unsafe smp_processor_id() in thermal_throttle_add_dev

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:43:03PM -0700, tip-bot for Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Commit-ID:  51e3c1b558b31b11bf5fc66d3c6f5adacf3573f7
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/51e3c1b558b31b11bf5fc66d3c6f5adacf3573f7
> Author:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:36:34 +0300
> Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> CommitDate: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:56:00 -0700
> 
> x86, hwmon: Fix unsafe smp_processor_id() in thermal_throttle_add_dev
> 
> Fix BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible thermal_throttle_add_dev.
> We know the cpu number when calling thermal_throttle_add_dev, so we can
> remove smp_processor_id call in thermal_throttle_add_dev by supplying
> the cpu number as argument.
> 
> This should resolve kernel bugzilla 16615/16629.

The fix is right. Current thermal_throttle_add_dev checks local processor to
determine PTS and PLN features on another processor. Logically that is wrong.

Thanks.

-Fenghua
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