linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the ONLINE state

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Message-ID: <20161107123129.4tokksued24maiab@pd.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 13:31:29 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rt@...utronix.de,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the
 ONLINE state

On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:40:55AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2016-11-07 11:32:19 [+0100], Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 03:50:16PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > > If we try a CPU down and fail in the middle then we roll back to the
> > > online state. This  means we would perform CPU_ONLINE()
> > > without invoking CPU_DEAD() for the cleanup of what was allocated in
> > 
> > Are CPU_ONLINE() and CPU_DEAD() functions? Those are the states, right?
> 
> those are states. I meant here the driver specific function invoked in
> those states.

Yeah, so say that please - slapping "()" after the state name doesn't
make it clear.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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