linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 32/35] clockevents: Fix cpu down race for hrtimer based broadcasting

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Message-ID: <20150218130614.GT5029@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:06:14 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 32/35] clockevents: Fix cpu down race for hrtimer based
 broadcasting

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 08:40:52AM +0530, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
> 
> Look at the changelog, 

Heh, yah, clearly I tl;dr'd that. Indeed.

> it explains why tick_takeover must be called
> *before* __cpu_die(). 

Since you reported this, can you test if things work if you move that
function call to before __cpu_die() ?

I _think_ it should be fine, but what do I know ;-)
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