linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] watchdog: address various races (CPU hotplug, timer expiry)

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Message-ID: <20151105205040.GB2997@atomlin.usersys.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:50:40 +0000
From:	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
To:	Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dzickus@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] watchdog: address various races (CPU hotplug, timer
 expiry)

On Tue 2015-11-03 16:20 +0100, Ulrich Obergfell wrote:
> This patch set addresses various races in relation to CPU hotplug
> and a race in relation to watchdog timer expiry. I discovered the
> corner cases during code inspection. I haven't seen any of these
> issues occur in practice.

This patch series does adequately address the race conditions mentioned
above. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>

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