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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpufreq, store_scaling_governor requires policy->rwsem to be held for duration of changing governors [v2]


On 07/31/2014 02:38 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:57:29 PM Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>
>> On 07/31/2014 12:36 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 06:23:18 AM Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 07/30/2014 10:16 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 06:36:00 PM Saravana Kannan wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/30/2014 02:40 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 10:18:25 AM Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 07/29/2014 08:03 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 07:46:02 AM Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [cut]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This patch effectively reverts commit 955ef483.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The issue reported in this patch is valid. We are seeing that internally
>>>>>> too. I believe I reported it in another thread (within the past month).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, the original patch fixes a real deadlock issue (I'm too tired
>>>>>> to look it up now). We can revet the original, but it's going to bring
>>>>>> back the original issue. I just want to make sure Prarit and Raphael
>>>>>> realize this before proceeding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do have plans for a proper fix for the mainline (not stable branches),
>>>>>> but plan to do that after the current set of suspend/hotplug patches go
>>>>>> through. The fix would be easier to make after that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, I'm convinced by this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I suppose we should push it for -stable from 3.10 through 3.15.x, right?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rafael, I think that is a good idea. I'm not sure what the protocol is for
>>>>>>>> adding stable@kernel.org though ...
>>>>
>>>> Rafael, let me (again) re-write the patch description. I think Saravana has
>>>> raised an important issue that I have not clearly identified why it is safe to
>>>> remove this code in my patch description. Also, I want to clearly identify the
>>>> appropriate -stable releases to push this out to.
>>>>
>>>> I'll submit a [v3] later today or tomorrow.
>>>
>>> In any case that's too late for 3.16 final, unless there's an -rc8.
>>>
>>> Thanks for doing that work!
>>
>> Ugh ... I tried this (yet another) large system and hit another panic :(.
>>
>> I'm investigating now, and I'm hoping this is just something "new".
>
> Well, I've applied your patch as is and I can push it to Linus.
>
> However, if you want to update the changelog, I'll not do that, but in that
> case the patch will have to wait for the next week.

Rafael, please let it wait for next week. I _need_ to make sure this is correct
and I'd rather not pushed something half-done.

Thanks,

P.

>
> Rafael
>


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