Re: [rfc] fix Kconfig, hotplug_cpu is needed for swsusp

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Mar 30 2006 - 03:39:13 EST


Hi!

> > So if you have a single core x86, you want X86_PC, and if you have HT or SMP,
> > you want GENERICARCH? If so, could this be done via selects or depends or at
> > least defaults in Kconfig?
>
> Yes, i think only SUSPEND_SMP is affect by this. I thought Rafael cced Pavel during
> that exchange, maybe i missed.
>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nigel
>
> How about this patch.
>
> Make SUSPEND_SMP depend on X86_GENERICARCH, since hotplug cpu requires !X86_PC
> due to some race in IPI handling. See more discussion here
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114303306032338&w=2

I can't see useful discussion there.

> Index: linux-2.6.16-git16/kernel/power/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.16-git16.orig/kernel/power/Kconfig
> +++ linux-2.6.16-git16/kernel/power/Kconfig
> @@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ config SWSUSP_ENCRYPT
>
> config SUSPEND_SMP
> bool
> - depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && X86 && PM
> + depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && X86 && PM && X86_GENERICARCH
> default y


Heh, great, so one more magic option that is required.

Plus GENERICARCH does not sound like something normal users would
enable:

config X86_GENERICARCH
bool "Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default)"
depends on SMP
help
This option compiles in the Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default subarchitectures.
It is intended for a generic binary kernel.

(What does "default" mean there, anyway? X86_PC?)

Pavel
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