linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI/Processor: Rework processor throttling with work_on

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Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:07:10 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@...el.com>
Cc:	tj@...nel.org, oleg@...hat.com, lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI/Processor: Rework processor throttling with
 work_on_cpu()

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 01:35:45PM +0800, Lan Tianyu wrote:
> > acpi_processor_set_throttling() uses set_cpus_allowed_ptr() to make
> > sure struct acpi_processor->acpi_processor_set_throttling() callback
> > run on associated cpu. But the function maybe called in a worker which
> > has been bound to a cpu. The patch is to replace set_cpus_allowed_ptr()
> > with work_on_cpu().
> 
> testing the new patch.. so far so good ;-)

ook.. survived whole day under the test workload without the warning ;-)

jirka
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