On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 08:27 +0000, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday, August 29, 2013 06:22:09 PM Toshi Kani wrote: > > cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() serializes CPU online/offline operations > > when ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE is set. This lock interface is no longer > > necessary with the following reason: > > > > - lock_device_hotplug() now protects CPU online/offline operations, > > including the probe & release interfaces enabled by > > ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE. The use of cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() is > > redundant. > > - cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() is only valid when ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE > > is defined, which is misleading and is only enabled on powerpc. > > > > This patch removes the cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() interface. As > > a result, ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE only enables / disables the cpu > > probe & release interface as intended. There is no functional change > > in this patch. > > > > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Can you please rebase this patch on top of 3.12-rc2? It doesn't apply for > me any more. Yes, I will send this patch on top of 3.12-rc2. Thanks, -Toshi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
