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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mce: Fix CMCI preemption bugs

* Chen, Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:07:16AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Okay, so AFAICS the fix in x86/urgent isn't wrong functionally, it's
> > just that the changelog incorrectly claims the raw-spinlock use is a
> > bug causing a problem here.
> >
> > Still that raw spinlock is bogus and might be hiding other problems,
> > so we can keep the x86/urgent change (ea431643d6c3) as-is and I'll get
> > it to Linus later today ...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ingo
> Hi, Ingo
>
> We ever had a patch(59d958d2c7) to make spinlock -> raw_spinlock.
> Would you please explain it a little more why you revert it?

It was years ago and I forgot about that. Should be redone I guess.

Thanks,

Ingo


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