Re: [PATCH] Check for online cpus before bringing them up

[Ashok Raj]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:08:05AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We do warm boot only on cpus that had booted earlier
> > +	 * Otherwise cold boot is all handled from smp_boot_cpus().
> > +	 * cpu_callin_map is set during AP kickstart process. Its reset
> > +	 * when a cpu is taken offline from cpu_exit_clear().
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map))
> > +		ret = __smp_prepare_cpu(cpu);
> Does this work for boot time? cpu_callin_map isn't set at boot time for
> APs.
> 
Yes,

I tested on a 2 way system and it booted fine. This is set durng the kickstart process
when smp_callin() is called after AP receives boot ipi.

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Cheers,
Ashok Raj
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