linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Reorganize the cpufreq cpu hotplug locking to not be totally bizare

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607261007530.29649@g5.osdl.org>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:09:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@...puserve.com>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Reorganize the cpufreq cpu hotplug locking to not be
 totally bizare



On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> Looks sensible to me.   Assuming it passes testing..

It looked sensible to me too, although it still shows some "Lukewarm IQ" 
notices for the ondemand driver:

	Lukewarm IQ detected in hotplug locking
	BUG: warning at kernel/cpu.c:38/lock_cpu_hotplug()
	 [<c0103d07>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
	 [<c01042ec>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
	 [<c013778d>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x43/0x69
	 [<c012f9df>] __create_workqueue+0x52/0x11f
	 [<df0ec34b>] cpufreq_governor_dbs+0x9f/0x2bd [cpufreq_ondemand]
	 [<c0305542>] __cpufreq_governor+0x57/0xd8
	 [<c0305700>] __cpufreq_set_policy+0x13d/0x1a9
	 [<c0305906>] store_scaling_governor+0x12d/0x155
	 [<c0304fbd>] store+0x34/0x45
	 [<c01998fc>] sysfs_write_file+0x99/0xbf
	 [<c0164953>] vfs_write+0xab/0x157
	 [<c0164f8c>] sys_write+0x3b/0x60
	 [<c0102d41>] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x79

but is sure looks better than it used to. Which is why I already applied 
it ;)

		Linus
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