From f36d340122ae8744e64af0a92a6f77b97542c0a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:21:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: CPU hotplug: ensure correct ordering of unplug Don't call idle_task_exit() with interrupts disabled, and ensure that we have a memory barrier after interrupts are disabled but before signalling that this CPU has shut down. Signed-off-by: Russell King --- arch/arm/kernel/smp.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c index 8c81ff9b3732..1a1c5e2b3ef9 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c @@ -269,9 +269,11 @@ void __ref cpu_die(void) { unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id(); - local_irq_disable(); idle_task_exit(); + local_irq_disable(); + mb(); + /* Tell __cpu_die() that this CPU is now safe to dispose of */ complete(&cpu_died); -- GitLab