linux-kernel - Re: + softirq-fix-tasklet_kill-and-its-users.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:37:51 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, ssantosh@...nel.org,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        isdn@...ux-pingi.de, mingo@...e.hu, pebolle@...cali.nl,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        salvatore.benedetto@...el.com, tadeusz.struk@...el.com,
        mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-next@...r.kernel.org, sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: + softirq-fix-tasklet_kill-and-its-users.patch added to -mm
 tree

Hi Thomas,

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:05:23 +0200 (CEST) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> B1;2802;0cOn Wed, 21 Sep 2016, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> > I requested you to include this patch but now am not sure anymore.
> > Looks like there are almost 30 more users which are directly
> > tweaking 'tasklet_struct' fields and calling other APIs. Hunting them
> > and fixing them probably would be an exercise and also those changes
> > needs those changed drivers to be tested.
> > 
> > What do you suggest ? At least this patch needs to be dropped as of now
> > till we can have complete coverage for those bad users.  
> 
> Yes, it needs to be dropped. Stephen, can you please revert it from next?

I will do the revert today.  It reverts cleanly, so hopefully there are
no side effects.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell