Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Replace if statement with WARN_ON_ONCE() incmci_rediscover().

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Oct 19 2012 - 10:07:19 EST


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 01:45:27PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
> cmci_rediscover() is only called by the CPU_POST_DEAD event handler,
> which means the corresponding cpu has already dead. As a result, it
> won't be accessed in the for_each_online_cpu loop.
> So, we could change the if(cpu == dying) statement into a WARN_ON_ONCE().
>
> Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
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for how to do this properly.

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