Re: [patch 0/7] x86, cpa: cpa related changes to be inline with TLB Application note

[Suresh Siddha]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 09:59:08AM -0700, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > applied to tip/x86/pat, thanks Suresh.
> 
> hm, -tip testing found sporadic lockups on a testbox today:
> 

hmm. Me the culprit :(

There are more places in the kernel which takes pgd_lock using
spin_lock_irqsave() construct. Need to fix all such places
to use spin_lock(). Will fix it and send a more tested patch set
early next week, after I return from the conferences.

thanks,
suresh
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