linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Convert mce timer to hrtimer

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Message-ID: <20180507090443.upr4gif6mcnwt357@linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 7 May 2018 11:04:43 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Convert mce timer to hrtimer

On 2018-05-04 13:14:58 [+0200], To linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> mce_timer is started in atomic contexts of cpu bringup. This results
> in might_sleep() warnings on RT. Convert mce_timer to a hrtimer to
> avoid this.

After an additional review I got to say that this patch can be dropped
as it is no longer required.
Sorry to bother you with this.

Sebastian