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

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:02:28 +0530
From:	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...nel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 32/35] clockevents: Fix cpu down race for hrtimer based
 broadcasting

Ping.

On 03/16/2015 10:22 AM, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
> Hi Peter, Ingo, Thomas,
> 
> Can you please take a look at the conversation on this thread ?
> This fix is urgent.
> 
> Regards
> Preeti U Murthy
> 
> On 03/02/2015 08:26 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 02:19:05PM +0530, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
>>> The problem reported in the changelog of this patch is causing severe
>>> regressions very frequently on our machines for certain usecases. It would
>>> help to put in a fix in place first and then follow that up with these
>>> cleanups.  A fix on the below lines :
>>
>> Regression how? Neither Thomas' Changelog, nor yours mention its a
>> regression.
>>
>> If its a (recent) Regression you need to have a Fixes tag at the very
>> least. So when was this broken and by which patch?
>>

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