Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:29:18 +0200
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rt@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PREEMPT-RT] [PATCH] MIPS: Remove no longer needed work_on_cpu()
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 03:26:11PM +0200, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 02:18:03PM +0200, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> > 
> > > Since commit 1cf4f629d9d2 ("cpu/hotplug: Move online calls to
> > > hotplugged cpu") it is ensured that callbacks of CPU_ONLINE and
> > > CPU_DOWN_PREPARE are processed on the hotplugged CPU. Due to this
> > > work_on_cpu() calls are no longer required.
> > > 
> > > Replace work_on_cpu() with a direct call of mips_cdmm_bus_up() or
> > > mips_cdmm_bus_down(). Description of those functions are adapted.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> > > Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c |   12 +++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Thanks, queued for 4.7.
> > 
> 
> Please do not queue it. Heiko Carstens pointed out a problem: It isn't
> ensured, that the callbacks of CPU_DOWN_FAILED are always processed on
> the CPU that failed in CPU_DOWN_PREPARE (see
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-s390&m=145985621421250&w=2 ). Once this
> issue is fixed, I will resend the patch.

Thanks for letting me know, patch dropped.

  Ralf