Re: [PATCH 0/9] BSP or CPU0 online/offline

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Sat Nov 05 2011 - 07:18:07 EST


On 11/05/2011 03:33 AM, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> BSP or CPU0 has been the last obstacle to CPU hotplug on x86. This patch set
> implements BSP online and offline and removes this obstacle to CPU hotplug.
>
> RAS needs the feature. If socket0 needs to be hotplugged for any reason (any
> thread on socket0 is bad, shared cache issue, uncore issue, etc), CPU0 is
> required to be offline or hot replaced to keep the system run.
>
> Fenghua Yu (9):
> include/linux/cpu.h: Define architecture dependent cpu map update and
> state check functions
> kernel/cpu.c: Add arch dependent cpu map update functions
> x86/i387.c: Thread xstate is initialized only on BSP once
> x86/common.c: Init BSP data during BSP online
> x86/mtrr/main.c: Ask the first online CPU to save mtrr
> kernel/power/suspend.c,hibernate.c: Don't hibernate/suspend if CPU0
> is offline
> x86/topology.c: Support functions for BSP online/offline
> x86/smpboot.c: Don't offline BSP if any irq can not be migrated out
> of it
> Documentations/cpu-hotplug.tx, kernel-parameters.txt: Add x86 CPU0
> online/offline feature
>

The norm usually followed is to update the version number of the patch
or patchset at each iteration and mention the significant changes between
the versions in the changelog/cover-letter (and possibly give links to older
versions). This would make reviewing patches much more easier.

> Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 ++++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 13 ++++++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c | 9 +++++-
> arch/x86/kernel/i387.c | 9 ++++++-
> arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> arch/x86/kernel/topology.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> include/linux/cpu.h | 6 ++++
> kernel/cpu.c | 12 +++++++++
> kernel/power/hibernate.c | 5 ++++
> kernel/power/main.c | 5 ++++
> kernel/power/suspend.c | 4 +++
> 13 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>

Thanks,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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