Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:20:46 +0530 | From | "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <> | Subject | Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH] Freezer, CPU hotplug, x86 Microcode: Fix task freezing failures |
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On 10/06/2011 04:13 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wednesday, October 05, 2011, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: >> On 10/06/2011 01:56 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >>> >>> OK, can you please repost the patch with Borislav's Acked-by and Tested-by >>> and add some more Intel people to the CC list? >>> >> >> Sure, I'll do that. Thank you. >> But are we not going to consider a cleaner/correct solution such as the >> one proposed here: >> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1199494 >> >> Well, honestly I don't mean to be stubborn, but somehow, knowing that >> there are issues with my patch doesn't make me feel very comfortable >> going with it, especially when there is another approach, which I >> believe can fix the issue properly, without undesirable side-effects. >> >> I agree that the issues are mostly some corner cases, so if you want a >> quick fix for now, I guess we can go with this patch and then later on >> follow-up with a proper solution to this whole problem. > > It ultimately is your call. If you feel more comfortable with the > alternative, just post that one instead. > Cool! I am working on implementing that other solution. I'll post it as soon as I am done writing and testing that patch.
-- Regards, Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Linux Technology Center, IBM India Systems and Technology Lab
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