Merge branch 'smp-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull smp/hotplug fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The recent rework of the callback invocation missed to cleanup the
  leftovers of the operation, so under certain circumstances a
  subsequent CPU hotplug operation accesses stale data and crashes.
  Clean it up."

* 'smp-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  cpu/hotplug: Reset node state after operation

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index d851df22f5c5..04892a82f6ac 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ cpuhp_invoke_ap_callback(int cpu, enum cpuhp_state state, bool bringup,
 		__cpuhp_kick_ap(st);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Clean up the leftovers so the next hotplug operation wont use stale
+	 * data.
+	 */
+	st->node = st->last = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }