From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior set_subcores_per_core() holds get_online_cpus() while invoking stop_machine(). stop_machine() invokes get_online_cpus() as well. This is correct, but prevents the conversion of the hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem. Use stop_machine_cpuslocked() to avoid the nested call. Convert *_online_cpus() to the new interfaces while at it. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org --- arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int set_subcores_per_core(int new state->master = 0; } - get_online_cpus(); + cpus_read_lock(); /* This cpu will update the globals before exiting stop machine */ this_cpu_ptr(&split_state)->master = 1; @@ -356,9 +356,10 @@ static int set_subcores_per_core(int new /* Ensure state is consistent before we call the other cpus */ mb(); - stop_machine(cpu_update_split_mode, &new_mode, cpu_online_mask); + stop_machine_cpuslocked(cpu_update_split_mode, &new_mode, + cpu_online_mask); - put_online_cpus(); + cpus_read_unlock(); return 0; }