linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/7] powerpc/mce: Schedule work from irq

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Message-ID: <f82b6fb7-23a9-7400-6c29-74701455a8dc@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:02:56 +1000
From:   Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:     Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Reza Arbab <arbab@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        christophe leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/7] powerpc/mce: Schedule work from irq_work



On 12/8/19 7:22 pm, Santosh Sivaraj wrote:
> schedule_work() cannot be called from MCE exception context as MCE can
> interrupt even in interrupt disabled context.
> 
> fixes: 733e4a4c ("powerpc/mce: hookup memory_failure for UE errors")
> Suggested-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.15+
> ---

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>