linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 1/3] x86/ioapic: Support hot-removal of IOAPICs present during boot

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 14:09:32 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:	Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@...el.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/3] x86/ioapic: Support hot-removal of IOAPICs present
 during boot

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@...el.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 4:23 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:44:57AM +0800, Rui Wang wrote:
>> > v5: Remove #ifdef CONFIG_X86 from setup-bus.c, making it neutral to
>> archs.
>> > v4: Add comments explaining when to call acpi_ioapic_add().
>> > v3: Previous versions break mips. This version fixes it.
>> >
>> > IOAPICs present during system boot aren't added to ioapic_list, thus
>> > are unable to be hot-removed. Fix it by calling
>> > acpi_ioapic_add() during root bus enumeration.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@...el.com>
>>
>> Hi Rui,
>>
>> Where are we at with this?  If there's anything that still needs to be merged,
>> can you rebase it to v4.8-rc1 and post a new, complete, series?
>>
> Hi Bjorn,
>
> Yes. These patches are needed for IOAPIC hotplug to work.
>
> So Thomas & Rafael, any advice?

Can you please do as per what Bjorn said?  That is, rebase the series
on top of 4.8-rc1 and post it afresh?

Thanks,
Rafael