Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:51:57 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] x86: Restore proper vector locking during cpu hotplug |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Having cpu_online_map change during assign_irq_vector can result > in some really nasty and weird things happening. The one that > bit me last time was accessing non existent per cpu memory for non > existent cpus. > > This locking was removed in a sloppy x86_64 and x86_32 merge patch. > > Guys can we please try and avoid subtly breaking x86 when we are > merging files together?
Queuing for tip:x86/urgent.
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