4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit c2078d9ef600bdbe568c89e5ddc2c6f15b7982c8 upstream. This reverts commit 89a51df5ab1d38b257300b8ac940bbac3bb0eb9b. The function eeh_add_device_early() is used to perform EEH initialization in devices added later on the system, like in hotplug/DLPAR scenarios. Since the commit 89a51df5ab1d ("powerpc/eeh: Fix crash in eeh_add_device_early() on Cell") a new check was introduced in this function - Cell has no EEH capabilities which led to kernel oops if hotplug was performed, so checking for eeh_enabled() was introduced to avoid the issue. However, in architectures that EEH is present like pSeries or PowerNV, we might reach a case in which no PCI devices are present on boot time and so EEH is not initialized. Then, if a device is added via DLPAR for example, eeh_add_device_early() fails because eeh_enabled() is false, and EEH end up not being enabled at all. This reverts the aforementioned patch since a new verification was introduced by the commit d91dafc02f42 ("powerpc/eeh: Delay probing EEH device during hotplug") and so the original Cell issue does not happen anymore. Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ void eeh_add_device_early(struct pci_dn struct pci_controller *phb; struct eeh_dev *edev = pdn_to_eeh_dev(pdn); - if (!edev || !eeh_enabled()) + if (!edev) return; if (!eeh_has_flag(EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE)) -- 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