linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix dump-capture kernel hangs with notsc

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 06:44:03 +0000
From:	"Wei, Jiangang" <weijg.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix dump-capture kernel hangs with notsc

Ping ...
May I ask for some community attention to this series?
I purpose is fixing  the dump-capture kernel hangs in
calibrate_delay_converge() while specifying notsc.

Thanks in advance.
wei
On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 10:59 +0800, Wei Jiangang wrote:
> v2:
> Just about the commit ("x86/apic: Improved the setting of interrupt
>  mode for bsp")
> 
> - Unify the name
>   s/virtual_wire_via_*/virt_wire_through_*
> - Add check for PIC mode
>   suggested-by Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> - Add check enable/disable flag for IO-APIC
>   suggested-by Xunlei Pang <xpang@...hat.com>
> - Update comments
> 
> v1:
> The goal is to fix dump-capture kernel with notsc option hangs
> in calibrate_delay_converge()
> 
> Wei Jiangang (3):
>   x86/apic: Remove "focus disabled" for 64bit case
>   x86/apic: Update comment about disabling processor focus
>   x86/apic: Improved the setting of interrupt mode for bsp
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h |  5 ++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c    | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>