This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/pseries: Release DRC when configure_connector fails to the 4.2-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: powerpc-pseries-release-drc-when-configure_connector-fails.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.2 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From daebaabb5cfbe4a6f09ca0e0f8b7673efc704960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 15:52:40 +0530 Subject: powerpc/pseries: Release DRC when configure_connector fails From: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit daebaabb5cfbe4a6f09ca0e0f8b7673efc704960 upstream. Commit f32393c943e2 ("powerpc/pseries: Correct cpu affinity for dlpar added cpus") moved dlpar_acquire_drc() call to before dlpar_configure_connector() call in dlpar_cpu_probe(), but missed to release the DRC if dlpar_configure_connector() failed. During CPU hotplug, if configure-connector fails for any reason, then this will result in subsequent CPU hotplug attempts to fail. Release the acquired DRC if dlpar_configure_connector() call fails so that the DRC is left in right isolation and allocation state for the subsequent hotplug operation to succeed. Fixes: f32393c943e2 ("powerpc/pseries: Correct cpu affinity for dlpar added cpus") Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c @@ -422,8 +422,10 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_cpu_probe(const cha dn = dlpar_configure_connector(cpu_to_be32(drc_index), parent); of_node_put(parent); - if (!dn) + if (!dn) { + dlpar_release_drc(drc_index); return -EINVAL; + } rc = dlpar_attach_node(dn); if (rc) { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.2/powerpc-pseries-release-drc-when-configure_connector-fails.patch -- 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