Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: fix broadcast control when broadcast can not be entered

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Oct 02 2017 - 20:31:45 EST


On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>
>> When failing to enter broadcast timer mode for an idle state that
>> requires it, a new state is selected that does not require broadcast,
>> but the broadcast variable remains set. This causes
>> tick_broadcast_exit to be called despite not having entered broadcast
>> mode.
>>
>> This causes the WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled()) to trigger in some
>> cases. It does not appear to cause problems for code today, but seems
>> to violate the interface so should be fixed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks!