linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/mce/therm_throt: Fix the access of uninitialized therm

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Message-ID: <130561C3-5E52-4693-B15F-B89C8B8366B0@alien8.de>
Date:   Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:01:25 +0100
From:   Boris Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/mce/therm_throt: Fix the access of uninitialized therm_work

On January 6, 2020 10:22:06 AM GMT+01:00, "Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com> wrote:
>I traced there is about 2s gap between unmask interrupt and workqueue
>Initialization. 

And that is a problem because?

You setup workqueue etc and *then* unmask the irq. 

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