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Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

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Pull CPU hotplug fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single fix to handle the removal of the first dynamic CPU hotplug
  state correctly"

* 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  smp/hotplug: Handle removal correctly in cpuhp_store_callbacks()
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Linus Torvalds 2017-09-04 13:53:53 -07:00
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@ -1253,7 +1253,17 @@ static int cpuhp_store_callbacks(enum cpuhp_state state, const char *name,
struct cpuhp_step *sp;
int ret = 0;
if (state == CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN || state == CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN) {
/*
* If name is NULL, then the state gets removed.
*
* CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN and CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN are handed out on
* the first allocation from these dynamic ranges, so the removal
* would trigger a new allocation and clear the wrong (already
* empty) state, leaving the callbacks of the to be cleared state
* dangling, which causes wreckage on the next hotplug operation.
*/
if (name && (state == CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN ||
state == CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN)) {
ret = cpuhp_reserve_state(state);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;