Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:39:43 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/5] cpufreq: Remove temporary fix for race between CPU hotplug and sysfs-writes | From | Viresh Kumar <> |
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On 7 September 2013 01:23, Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Commit "cpufreq: serialize calls to __cpufreq_governor()" had been a temporary > and partial solution to the race condition between writing to a cpufreq sysfs > file and taking a CPU offline. Now that we have a proper and complete solution > to that problem, remove the temporary fix. > > Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > ---
I would still vote for keeping this code or reverting this patch of yours.. As there might be other scenarios, than hotplug races, where this serialization would be useful..
-- viresh
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