Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Dou Liyang]

Hi, RJ

在 2016年07月26日 19:53, Rafael J. Wysocki 写道:

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:59:38 AM Dou Liyang wrote:


在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:


[Problem]

cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
caches
the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.

When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
established/destroyed,
which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.

So here is the problem:

Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
node 3 | 45-59, 105-119

and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89

and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 4 | 30-59
node 5 | 90-119

But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.

When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
also be allocated on that node.


Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?



Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748



Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?



Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU
hotplug and NUMA.

We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and
ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan.
Then we choice the first.



Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?


Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.


FWIW, the patches are fine by me from the ACPI perspective.

If you want me to apply them, though, ACKs from the x86 and mm maintainers
will be necessary.



I will continue to investigate this bug and wait for maintainers's  advices.


Thanks,
Rafael





Thanks.
Dou

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Dou Liyang]

Hi, RJ

在 2016年07月26日 19:53, Rafael J. Wysocki 写道:

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:59:38 AM Dou Liyang wrote:


在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:


[Problem]

cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
caches
the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.

When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
established/destroyed,
which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.

So here is the problem:

Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
node 3 | 45-59, 105-119

and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89

and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 4 | 30-59
node 5 | 90-119

But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.

When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
also be allocated on that node.


Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?



Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748



Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?



Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU
hotplug and NUMA.

We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and
ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan.
Then we choice the first.



Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?


Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.


FWIW, the patches are fine by me from the ACPI perspective.

If you want me to apply them, though, ACKs from the x86 and mm maintainers
will be necessary.



I will continue to investigate this bug and wait for maintainers's  advices.


Thanks,
Rafael





Thanks.
Dou

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:59:38 AM Dou Liyang wrote:
> 
> 在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  
> > wrote:
> >
> >> [Problem]
> >>
> >> cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And 
> >> workqueue caches
> >> the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.
> >>
> >> When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
> >> established/destroyed,
> >> which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. 
> >> But
> >> workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.
> >>
> >> So here is the problem:
> >>
> >> Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >> node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
> >> node 3 | 45-59, 105-119
> >>
> >> and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >>
> >> and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >> node 4 | 30-59
> >> node 5 | 90-119
> >>
> >> But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the 
> >> like.
> >>
> >> When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> >> pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> >> will
> >> also be allocated on that node.
> >
> > Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> > hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> >
> 
> Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748
> 
> >
> > Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> > architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?
> >
> 
> Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU 
> hotplug and NUMA.
> 
> We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and 
> ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan. 
> Then we choice the first.
> 
> >
> > Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
> > or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?
> 
> Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.

FWIW, the patches are fine by me from the ACPI perspective.

If you want me to apply them, though, ACKs from the x86 and mm maintainers
will be necessary.

Thanks,
Rafael

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:59:38 AM Dou Liyang wrote:
> 
> 在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  
> > wrote:
> >
> >> [Problem]
> >>
> >> cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And 
> >> workqueue caches
> >> the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.
> >>
> >> When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
> >> established/destroyed,
> >> which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. 
> >> But
> >> workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.
> >>
> >> So here is the problem:
> >>
> >> Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >> node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
> >> node 3 | 45-59, 105-119
> >>
> >> and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >>
> >> and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:
> >>
> >>   Node | CPU
> >> 
> >> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> >> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> >> node 4 | 30-59
> >> node 5 | 90-119
> >>
> >> But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the 
> >> like.
> >>
> >> When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> >> pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> >> will
> >> also be allocated on that node.
> >
> > Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> > hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> >
> 
> Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748
> 
> >
> > Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> > architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?
> >
> 
> Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU 
> hotplug and NUMA.
> 
> We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and 
> ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan. 
> Then we choice the first.
> 
> >
> > Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
> > or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?
> 
> Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.

FWIW, the patches are fine by me from the ACPI perspective.

If you want me to apply them, though, ACKs from the x86 and mm maintainers
will be necessary.

Thanks,
Rafael

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Dou Liyang]

在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:


[Problem]

cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
caches
the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.

When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
established/destroyed,
which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.

So here is the problem:

Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
node 3 | 45-59, 105-119

and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89

and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 4 | 30-59
node 5 | 90-119

But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.

When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
also be allocated on that node.


Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?



Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748



Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?



Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU 
hotplug and NUMA.


We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and 
ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan. 
Then we choice the first.




Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?


Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.


Thanks,

Dou

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Dou Liyang]

在 2016年07月26日 07:20, Andrew Morton 写道:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:


[Problem]

cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
caches
the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.

When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
established/destroyed,
which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.

So here is the problem:

Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
node 3 | 45-59, 105-119

and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89

and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:

  Node | CPU

node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
node 4 | 30-59
node 5 | 90-119

But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.

When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
also be allocated on that node.


Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?



Yes, the option has been evaluate in this patch:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2116748



Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?



Yes, the bug may presumably affect few architectures which support CPU 
hotplug and NUMA.


We have sent the "Plan B" in our community and got a lot of advice and 
ideas. Based on these suggestions, We carefully balance that two plan. 
Then we choice the first.




Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?


Yes, we get a lot of guidance and help from RJ who is an ACPI maintainer.


Thanks,

Dou

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 05:25:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
> > to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
> > node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
> > mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
> > association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
> > there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.
> 
> And other architectures?

No idea but it only matters for NUMA + CPU hotplug combination where a
whole node can go empty, which would at most be a few archs.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 05:25:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
> > to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
> > node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
> > mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
> > association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
> > there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.
> 
> And other architectures?

No idea but it only matters for NUMA + CPU hotplug combination where a
whole node can go empty, which would at most be a few archs.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Andrew.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> > pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> > will
> > also be allocated on that node.
> 
> Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> 
> Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?

Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Andrew.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> > pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> > will
> > also be allocated on that node.
> 
> Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> 
> Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?

Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:11:51 -0400 Tejun Heo  wrote:

> Hello, Andrew.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, 
> > > its
> > > pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> > > will
> > > also be allocated on that node.
> > 
> > Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> > hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> > 
> > Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> > architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?
> 
> Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
> to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
> node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
> mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
> association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
> there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.

And other architectures?

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:11:51 -0400 Tejun Heo  wrote:

> Hello, Andrew.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, 
> > > its
> > > pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue 
> > > will
> > > also be allocated on that node.
> > 
> > Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
> > hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?
> > 
> > Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
> > architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?
> 
> Yeah, that was one of the early approaches.  The issue isn't limited
> to wq.  Any memory allocation can have similar issues of underlying
> node association changing and we don't have any synchronization
> mechanism around it.  It doesn't make any sense to make NUMA
> association dynamic when the consumer surface is vastly larger and
> there's nothing inherently dynamic about the association itself.

And other architectures?

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:

> [Problem]
> 
> cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
> caches
> the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.
> 
> When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
> established/destroyed,
> which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
> workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.
> 
> So here is the problem:
> 
> Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
> node 3 | 45-59, 105-119
> 
> and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> 
> and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> node 4 | 30-59
> node 5 | 90-119
> 
> But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.
> 
> When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
> also be allocated on that node.

Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?


Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?


Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?

Re: [PATCH v9 0/7] Make cpuid <-> nodeid mapping persistent

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:35:42 +0800 Dou Liyang  wrote:

> [Problem]
> 
> cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is firstly established at boot time. And workqueue 
> caches
> the mapping in wq_numa_possible_cpumask in wq_numa_init() at boot time.
> 
> When doing node online/offline, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping is 
> established/destroyed,
> which means, cpuid <-> nodeid mapping will change if node hotplug happens. But
> workqueue does not update wq_numa_possible_cpumask.
> 
> So here is the problem:
> 
> Assume we have the following cpuid <-> nodeid in the beginning:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> node 2 | 30-44, 90-104
> node 3 | 45-59, 105-119
> 
> and we hot-remove node2 and node3, it becomes:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> 
> and we hot-add node4 and node5, it becomes:
> 
>   Node | CPU
> 
> node 0 |  0-14, 60-74
> node 1 | 15-29, 75-89
> node 4 | 30-59
> node 5 | 90-119
> 
> But in wq_numa_possible_cpumask, cpu30 is still mapped to node2, and the like.
> 
> When a pool workqueue is initialized, if its cpumask belongs to a node, its
> pool->node will be mapped to that node. And memory used by this workqueue will
> also be allocated on that node.

Plan B is to hunt down and fix up all the workqueue structures at
hotplug-time.  Has that option been evaluated?


Your fix is x86-only and this bug presumably affects other
architectures, yes?  I think a "Plan B" would fix all architectures?


Thirdly, what is the merge path for these patches?  Is an x86
or ACPI maintainer working with you on them?