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Message-ID: <Y4idWUktk/R/cHE/@lorien.usersys.redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2022 07:26:01 -0500
From:   Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] cpuhp: fix some st->target issues

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:23:27AM -0500 Phil Auld wrote:
> Fix a few cpuhp related issues.
> 
> The first prevents target_store() from calling cpu_down() when
> target == state which prevents the cpu being incorrectly marked
> as dying.  The second just makes the boot cpu have a valid cpuhp
> target rather than 0 (CPU_OFFLINE) while being in state
> CPU_ONLINE.
> 
> v3: Added code to make sure st->target == target in the nop case.
> 
> v4: Use WARN_ON in the case where state == target but st->target does
> not.
> 
> v5: Fixed lowercase on first patch title and cleaned up cover letter.
> Rebased on v6.1-rc5.
> 
> Phil Auld (2):
>   cpuhp: Make target_store() a nop when target == state
>   cpuhp: Set cpuhp target for boot cpu
> 
>  cpu.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Thanks for picking these up, Thomas!


Cheers,
Phil


> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 

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