linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] x86, mce: stop calling del_timer

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:36:56 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] x86, mce: stop calling del_timer_sync() from
 interrupt

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:46:28AM -0400, Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
> > You're adding the mce_available(..) check just to remove it in the next
> > patch. Since all those sysfs nodes are behind such a check, there's no
> > need for it here too.
> 
> Maybe it would be better to change the order of patches to make
> this fix after the removal of unnecessary mce_available().

Yes, and then don't add it to mce_timer_delete_all because this functionality is
guarded my mce_available() checks in the sysfs nodes init path.

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