Re: [PATCH V4 0/4] arch: patch_text: Fixup last cpu should be master

From: Will Deacon
Date: Fri Apr 08 2022 - 09:59:03 EST


On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 15:33:19 +0800, guoren@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.
>
> [...]

Applied first patch only to arm64 (for-next/fixes), thanks!

[1/4] arm64: patch_text: Fixup last cpu should be master
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/31a099dbd91e

Cheers,
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Will

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