linux-kernel - Re: thermal / x86: Fix init error code path in package temperature driver

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:30:44 -0700
From:	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
CC:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: thermal / x86: Fix init error code path in package temperature
 driver

Hi Rafael,

This is already fixed and currently merged to MM tree. So this should 
make to rc2.
I don't know whether Rui will push or MM maintainer will push this change.


Thanks,
Srinivas

On 07/20/2013 01:48 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>
> The error code path of the x86 package temperature thermal driver's
> initialization routine, pkg_temp_thermal_init(), makes an unbalanced
> call to get_online_cpus(), which causes subsequent CPU offline
> operations, and consequently system suspend, to permanently block
> in cpu_hotplug_begin() on systems where get_core_online() returns
> an error code.
>
> Remove the extra get_online_cpus() to fix the problem (tested on
> Toshiba Portege R500).
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>   drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c |    1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
> @@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ static int __init pkg_temp_thermal_init(
>   	return 0;
>   
>   err_ret:
> -	get_online_cpus();
>   	for_each_online_cpu(i)
>   		put_core_offline(i);
>   	put_online_cpus();
>
>

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