This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled parisc: Use num_present_cpus() in alternative patching code to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: parisc-use-num_present_cpus-in-alternative-patching-code.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From b6405f0829d7b1dd926ba3ca5f691cab835abfaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 12:12:06 +0200 Subject: parisc: Use num_present_cpus() in alternative patching code From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> commit b6405f0829d7b1dd926ba3ca5f691cab835abfaa upstream. When patching the kernel code some alternatives depend on SMP vs. !SMP. Use the value of num_present_cpus() instead of num_online_cpus() to decide, otherwise we may run into issues if and additional CPU is enabled after having loaded a module while only one CPU was enabled. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.1+ Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/parisc/kernel/alternative.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/alternative.c @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void __init_or_module apply_alternatives { struct alt_instr *entry; int index = 0, applied = 0; - int num_cpus = num_online_cpus(); + int num_cpus = num_present_cpus(); u16 cond_check; cond_check = ALT_COND_ALWAYS | Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from deller@xxxxxx are queue-6.3/parisc-allow-to-reboot-machine-after-system-halt.patch queue-6.3/parisc-handle-kgdb-breakpoints-only-in-kernel-context.patch queue-6.3/parisc-handle-kprobes-breakpoints-only-in-kernel-context.patch queue-6.3/parisc-use-num_present_cpus-in-alternative-patching-code.patch queue-6.3/parisc-fix-flush_dcache_page-for-usage-from-irq-context.patch queue-6.3/parisc-enable-lockdep-support.patch