Re: [PATCH] arch: s390: kernel: reset 'c->hotpluggable' when failureoccurs

[Chen Gang]

On 06/25/2013 02:48 PM, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 09:46:45AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> > When smp_add_present_cpu() fails, it has reset all things excluding
>> > 'c->hotpluggable', so need reset it as original state completely.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  arch/s390/kernel/smp.c |    1 +
>> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
>> > index 15a016c..c4c6f42 100644
>> > --- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
>> > +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
>> > @@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ out_cpu:
>> >  	unregister_cpu(c);
>> >  #endif
>> >  out:
>> > +	c->hotpluggable = 0;
>> >  	return rc;
> No, that doesn't make sense. All cpus on s390 are always hotplugable.
> It really doesn't matter if the value of this field is 0 or 1 after
> an error.
> 

If so, is it better to set 'c->hotpluggable' for all cpus on s390 during
initializing ?


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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