Merge branch 'master' of...

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/travis/linux-2.6-cpus4096-for-ingo into cpus4096

arch/x86/kernel/apic.c

@@ -1833,6 +1833,11 @@ void __cpuinit generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
 	num_processors++;
 	cpu = cpumask_next_zero(-1, cpu_present_mask);
 
+	if (version != apic_version[boot_cpu_physical_apicid])
+		WARN_ONCE(1,
+			"ACPI: apic version mismatch, bootcpu: %x cpu %d: %x\n",
+			apic_version[boot_cpu_physical_apicid], cpu, version);
+
 	physid_set(apicid, phys_cpu_present_map);
 	if (apicid == boot_cpu_physical_apicid) {
 		/*

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c

@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ struct drv_cmd {
 	u32 val;
 };
 
-static void do_drv_read(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
+static long do_drv_read(void *_cmd)
 {
+	struct drv_cmd *cmd = _cmd;
 	u32 h;
 
 	switch (cmd->type) {
@@ -166,10 +167,12 @@ static void do_drv_read(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void do_drv_write(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
+static long do_drv_write(void *_cmd)
 {
+	struct drv_cmd *cmd = _cmd;
 	u32 lo, hi;
 
 	switch (cmd->type) {
@@ -186,30 +189,23 @@ static void do_drv_write(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void drv_read(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
 {
-	cpumask_t saved_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
 	cmd->val = 0;
 
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cmd->mask);
-	do_drv_read(cmd);
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
+	work_on_cpu(cpumask_any(cmd->mask), do_drv_read, cmd);
 }
 
 static void drv_write(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
 {
-	cpumask_t saved_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for_each_cpu(i, cmd->mask) {
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(i));
-		do_drv_write(cmd);
+		work_on_cpu(i, do_drv_write, cmd);
 	}
-
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
-	return;
 }
 
 static u32 get_cur_val(const struct cpumask *mask)
@@ -367,7 +363,7 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	return freq;
 }
 
-static unsigned int check_freqs(const cpumask_t *mask, unsigned int freq,
+static unsigned int check_freqs(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int freq,
 				struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data)
 {
 	unsigned int cur_freq;

kernel/workqueue.c

@@ -971,6 +971,8 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static struct workqueue_struct *work_on_cpu_wq __read_mostly;
+
 struct work_for_cpu {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	long (*fn)(void *);
@@ -991,8 +993,8 @@ static void do_work_for_cpu(struct work_struct *w)
  * @fn: the function to run
  * @arg: the function arg
  *
- * This will return -EINVAL in the cpu is not online, or the return value
- * of @fn otherwise.
+ * This will return the value @fn returns.
+ * It is up to the caller to ensure that the cpu doesn't go offline.
  */
 long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
 {
@@ -1001,14 +1003,8 @@ long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
 	INIT_WORK(&wfc.work, do_work_for_cpu);
 	wfc.fn = fn;
 	wfc.arg = arg;
-	get_online_cpus();
-	if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu)))
-		wfc.ret = -EINVAL;
-	else {
-		schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
-		flush_work(&wfc.work);
-	}
-	put_online_cpus();
+	queue_work_on(cpu, work_on_cpu_wq, &wfc.work);
+	flush_work(&wfc.work);
 
 	return wfc.ret;
 }
@@ -1025,4 +1021,8 @@ void __init init_workqueues(void)
 	hotcpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_callback, 0);
 	keventd_wq = create_workqueue("events");
 	BUG_ON(!keventd_wq);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	work_on_cpu_wq = create_workqueue("work_on_cpu");
+	BUG_ON(!work_on_cpu_wq);
+#endif
 }