In tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback() if the cpu is the one handling timekeeping , it seems that we should return something that could stop notify CPU_DOWN_PREPARE, and then start notify CPU_DOWN_FAILED on the already called notifier call backs.
-EINVAL will be converted to 0 by notifier_to_errno(), then the cpu would be taken down with part of the DOWN_PREPARE notifier callbacks called, and something bad could happen after that. Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zh...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index bc67d42..17b8155 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int __cpuinit tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, * we can't safely shutdown that CPU. */ if (have_nohz_full_mask && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu) - return -EINVAL; + return NOTIFY_BAD; break; } return NOTIFY_OK; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/