Re: User initiated hotplug and kernel initiated hotplug - where is the synchronization?

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> > I have this doubt lingering on, and I'd appreciate if some one could
>> throw light on this:
>> >
>> > The kernel hotplug driver pciehp can initiate hotplug based on what
>> it senses from the HW (button press etc).
>> >
>> > The user space can also initiate the same operations by using
>> "rescan" or "remove" attributes in sysfs.
>> >
>> > My questions:
>> >
>> > 1) Is it safe to mix the above two?
>>
>> Not right now, but with these patches applied:
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466551/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466581/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466601/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466591/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466631/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466641/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466651/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3491811/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3466491/
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3473341/
>>
>> it should be.
>>
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> any idea when those patches will show up in the upstream kernel ?

I just merged them, so they should appear in -next tomorrow and in
v3.14-rc1 in a couple weeks.

Bjorn
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