Re: [stable] [patch 09/12] Fix SMP poweroff hangs

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Linus Torvalds writes:

> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > 
> > Wrapping it into a #ifdef CONFIG_X86 would be sufficient.
> 
> Well, the ppc oops seems to be a ppc bug regardless.

Sure.  And Milton and Olof have figured out what the problem is and
proposed patches to fix it.

However, I'm a bit annoyed that a significant change in behaviour like
that, with a significant likelihood of causing regressions, went in so
late (after -rc8), in a manner that affects all SMP architectures, and
without being posted to linux-arch (unless I missed it).

Paul.
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