linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Remove no longer needed work_on

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Date:	Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:03:32 +0200
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rt@...utronix.de,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Remove no longer needed work_on_cpu() call

On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 02:18:03PM +0200, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:

> Since commit 1cf4f629d9d2 ("cpu/hotplug: Move online calls to
> hotplugged cpu") it is ensured that callbacks of CPU_ONLINE and
> CPU_DOWN_PREPARE are processed on the hotplugged CPU. Due to this
> work_on_cpu() calls are no longer required.
> 
> Replace work_on_cpu() with a direct call of mips_cdmm_bus_up() or
> mips_cdmm_bus_down(). Description of those functions are adapted.
> 
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c |   12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks, queued for 4.7.

  Ralf