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Message-ID: <CAKohpon96ecA3L9ux0tnFngPbWDmrVfW3xUWf_3aZ5qYZGXLVw@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:39:43 +0530 From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> To: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>, "cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] cpufreq: Remove temporary fix for race between CPU hotplug and sysfs-writes On 7 September 2013 01:23, Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Commit "cpufreq: serialize calls to __cpufreq_governor()" had been a temporary > and partial solution to the race condition between writing to a cpufreq sysfs > file and taking a CPU offline. Now that we have a proper and complete solution > to that problem, remove the temporary fix. > > Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- I would still vote for keeping this code or reverting this patch of yours.. As there might be other scenarios, than hotplug races, where this serialization would be useful.. -- viresh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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