Re: [PATCH v3] ARM: smp: Only expose /sys/.../cpuX/online if hotpluggable

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Feb 16 2015 - 04:04:00 EST


On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:42 AM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
> @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ struct smp_operations {
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> int (*cpu_kill)(unsigned int cpu);
> void (*cpu_die)(unsigned int cpu);
> + int (*cpu_can_disable)(unsigned int cpu);

Perhaps this should be changed to return bool while you're adding the function?
That saves us from an atomic update later when someone does janitorial work.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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