linux-kernel - Re: Missing "unregister_cpu

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Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:13:03 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	x86@...nel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Missing "unregister_cpu_notifier" in powernow-k8.c

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 04:02:28AM -0500, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 09:31:24PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 09:19:38PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> >  >  The following might be a partial fix, but I suspect there is probably other
> >  >  clean-up that is needed.
> > 
> > Indeed, looks like another possible leak in the unlikely event that the
> > percpu msr struct can't be allocated..
> > Instead of adding an unregister on fail, I think we can just move the registration later.
> 
> Oops, that would be partly my fault, sorry. How about the following
> instead, with proper exit path labels as it is done in other kernel
> code?
> 
>   [ It is not yet tested but I'll give it a run later on my X6 to verify ]

Ok, I went and fixed up the error message too when Cool'N'Quiet is disabled in
the BIOS. Tested patches coming up...

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