Merge tag 'v4.8-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 4.8-rc1

* tag 'v4.8-rc1': (6093 commits)
  Linux 4.8-rc1
  block: rename bio bi_rw to bi_opf
  target: iblock_execute_sync_cache() should use bio_set_op_attrs()
  mm: make __swap_writepage() use bio_set_op_attrs()
  block/mm: make bdev_ops->rw_page() take a bool for read/write
  fs: return EPERM on immutable inode
  ramoops: use persistent_ram_free() instead of kfree() for freeing prz
  ramoops: use DT reserved-memory bindings
  NTB: ntb_hw_intel: use local variable pdev
  NTB: ntb_hw_intel: show BAR size in debugfs info
  ntb_test: Add a selftest script for the NTB subsystem
  ntb_perf: clear link_is_up flag when the link goes down.
  ntb_pingpong: Add a debugfs file to get the ping count
  ntb_tool: Add link status and files to debugfs
  ntb_tool: Postpone memory window initialization for the user
  ntb_perf: Wait for link before running test
  ntb_perf: Return results by reading the run file
  ntb_perf: Improve thread handling to increase robustness
  ntb_perf: Schedule based on time not on performance
  ntb_transport: Check the number of spads the hardware supports
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index cb9ab401e2d9..555670a5143c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ static void migrate_timer_list(struct timer_base *new_base, struct hlist_head *h
 	}
 }
 
-static void migrate_timers(int cpu)
+int timers_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct timer_base *old_base;
 	struct timer_base *new_base;
@@ -1831,29 +1831,9 @@ static void migrate_timers(int cpu)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 		put_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static int timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
-{
-	switch (action) {
-	case CPU_DEAD:
-	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
-		migrate_timers((long)hcpu);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
-static inline void timer_register_cpu_notifier(void)
-{
-	cpu_notifier(timer_cpu_notify, 0);
-}
-#else
-static inline void timer_register_cpu_notifier(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static void __init init_timer_cpu(int cpu)
@@ -1881,7 +1861,6 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
 {
 	init_timer_cpus();
 	init_timer_stats();
-	timer_register_cpu_notifier();
 	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
 }