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Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the ONLINE state

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On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:40:55AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2016-11-07 11:32:19 [+0100], Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 03:50:16PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > > If we try a CPU down and fail in the middle then we roll back to the
> > > online state. This  means we would perform CPU_ONLINE()
> > > without invoking CPU_DEAD() for the cleanup of what was allocated in
> > 
> > Are CPU_ONLINE() and CPU_DEAD() functions? Those are the states, right?
> 
> those are states. I meant here the driver specific function invoked in
> those states.

Yeah, so say that please - slapping "()" after the state name doesn't
make it clear.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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[PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the ONLINE state Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> - 2016-11-03 16:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the  ONLINE state Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-11-07 11:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the  ONLINE state Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> - 2016-11-07 11:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the  ONLINE state Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-11-07 13:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 20/25] x86/mcheck: Be prepared for a rollback back to the  ONLINE state Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> - 2016-11-07 18:30 +0100

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