* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday, May 08, 2014 08:09:35 AM Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday, May 05, 2014 10:49:49 PM Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > > > acpi_processor_add() assumes that present at boot CPUs
> > > > are always onlined, it is not so if a CPU failed to become
> > > > onlined. As result acpi_processor_add() will mark such CPU
> > > > device as onlined in sysfs and following attempts to
> > > > online/offline it using /sys/device/system/cpu/cpuX/online
> > > > attribute will fail.
> > > >
> > > > Do not poke into device internals in acpi_processor_add()
> > > > and touch "struct device { .offline }" attribute, since
> > > > for CPUs onlined at boot it's set by:
> > > > topology_init() -> arch_register_cpu() -> register_cpu()
> > > > before ACPI device tree is parsed, and for hotplugged
> > > > CPUs it's set when userspace onlines CPU via sysfs.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Would there be a problem if I applied this separately from the rest
> > > of the series?
> >
> > If you push the fix upstream for v3.15 then it would be fine and I
> > could base the other patches on top of your (soon to be upstream)
> > commit.
>
> OK, I can do that.
>
> We also seem to need this in -stable, right?
Yeah, agreed.
Thanks,
Ingo
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