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

Guo Ren guoren at kernel.org
Wed Apr 6 23:33:17 PDT 2022


On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 2:13 AM Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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?
Thx for pointing this out, I would follow the rule to add Cc:
<stable at vger.kernel.org>.

>


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Best Regards
 Guo Ren

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