On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 10:46:00AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Sunday, April 07, 2013 10:14:14 AM Huacai Chen wrote: > > As commit 40dc166c (PM / Core: Introduce struct syscore_ops for core > > subsystems PM) say, syscore_ops operations should be carried with one > > CPU on-line and interrupts disabled. However, after commit f96972f2d > > (kernel/sys.c: call disable_nonboot_cpus() in kernel_restart()), > > syscore_shutdown() is called before disable_nonboot_cpus(), so break > > the rules. We have a MIPS machine with a 8259A PIC, and there is an > > external timer (HPET) linked at 8259A. Since 8259A has been shutdown > > too early (by syscore_shutdown()), disable_nonboot_cpus() runs without > > timer interrupt, so it hangs and reboot fails. This patch call > > syscore_shutdown() a little later (after disable_nonboot_cpus()) to > > avoid reboot failure, this is the same way as poweroff does. > > > > BTW, add disable_nonboot_cpus() in kernel_halt() for consistency. > > > > Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > While I agree with the changes, I'm not sure if I'm the right maintainer, > as this isn't really PM code. > > Andrew, should I take this? Andrew is on vacation for a few weeks, so you might need to take this through your tree. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html