linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] clockevents: warn if cpu_all_mask is used for cpumask while registering new device

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Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 13:39:37 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] clockevents: warn if cpu_all_mask is used for cpumask
 while registering new device

Hi Thomas,

On 11/07/18 12:24, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Using cpu_all_mask in clockevents cpumask may result in issues while
> comparing multiple clockevent devices to choose the preferred one.
> On one of the platforms with 2 system(i.e. non per-CPU) timers with
> different ratings, having cpu_all_mask for one of the device resulted
> in boot hang with forever loop in clockevents_notify_released as both
> were being selected as preferred.
> 
> In order to prevent such issues in future, let's warn if any clockevent
> drivers sets cpu_all_mask as it's cpumask and just override it to use
> cpu_possible_mask. All the existing occurrences of cpu_all_mask are
> already replaced with cpu_possible_mask.
> 

Daniel has picked up patch 1/3, do you want me to resend this patch 2
and 3 again or you happy to pick them ?

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep