[RESEND PATCH v3] clocksource: exynos_mct: fix for sleeping in atomic ctx handling cpu hotplug notif.

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 06/26/2015 03:23 PM, Damian Eppel wrote:
> This is to fix an issue of sleeping in atomic context when processing
> hotplug notifications in Exynos MCT(Multi-Core Timer).
> The issue was reproducible on Exynos 3250 (Rinato board) and Exynos 5420
> (Arndale Octa board).
>
> Whilst testing cpu hotplug events on kernel configured with DEBUG_PREEMPT
> and DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP we get following BUG message, caused by calling
> request_irq() and free_irq() in the context of hotplug notification
> (which is in this case atomic context).

Applied as a 4.2 fix.

Should it be tagged stable@ ?



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