linux-kernel - Re: mm/percpu.c: use smarter memory allocation for struct pcpu_alloc

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:33:35 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
        linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
Subject: Re: mm/percpu.c: use smarter memory allocation for struct
 pcpu_alloc_info (crisv32 hang)

Hello,

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 03:31:52PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> So IMHO I don't think reverting the commit is the right thing to do. 
> That commit is clearly not at fault here.

It's not about the blame.  We just want to avoid breaking boot in a
way which is difficult to debug.  Once cris is fixed, we can re-apply
the patch.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun