[PATCH V3] riscv: patch_text: Fixup last cpu should be master

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Wed Apr 6 11:13:36 PDT 2022


On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 10:16:49PM +0800, guoren at kernel.org wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren at linux.alibaba.com>
> 
> These patch_text implementations are using stop_machine_cpuslocked
> infrastructure with atomic cpu_count. The original idea: When the
> master CPU patch_text, the others should wait for it. But current
> implementation is using the first CPU as master, which couldn't
> guarantee the remaining CPUs are waiting. This patch changes the
> last CPU as the master to solve the potential risk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren at linux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren at kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

What commit id does this change fix?




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