4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit f8b7530aa0a1def79c93101216b5b17cf408a70a upstream. The smp_mb() in cpuhp_thread_fun() is misplaced. It needs to be after the load of st->should_run to prevent reordering of the later load/stores w.r.t. the load of st->should_run. Fixes: 4dddfb5faa61 ("smp/hotplug: Rewrite AP state machine core") Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx Cc: dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: brendan.jackman@xxxxxxx Cc: malat@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: mojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: sramana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1536126727-11629-1-git-send-email-neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cpu.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/cpu.c +++ b/kernel/cpu.c @@ -612,15 +612,15 @@ static void cpuhp_thread_fun(unsigned in bool bringup = st->bringup; enum cpuhp_state state; + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!st->should_run)) + return; + /* * ACQUIRE for the cpuhp_should_run() load of ->should_run. Ensures * that if we see ->should_run we also see the rest of the state. */ smp_mb(); - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!st->should_run)) - return; - cpuhp_lock_acquire(bringup); if (st->single) {