linux-kernel - 3.7 RC1

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:37:45 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: 3.7 RC1 

While testing 3.7 RC1 I discovered that invoking the function orderly_poweroff()
from an interrupt context will trigger an ASSERT(). This was not the case till
recently. The comment preceding the orderly_poweroff() function claims that this
function can be invoked from any context and in the current Hyper-V util driver,
we support host-driven orderly shut down of the guest by invoking this
orderly_poweroff() function in the context of the message callback. This code has
been working for a very long time and it is broken now. Is my assumption that
orderly_poweroff() could be invoked from the interrupt context a wrong assumption?

Regards,

K. Y
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