Re: [PATCH arm 1/2] arm64: Use common outgoing-CPU-notification code

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri May 01 2015 - 11:15:59 EST


On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:50:55AM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 01:07:33PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> > index 328b8ce4b007..6dc727a6e73e 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> > @@ -252,15 +252,13 @@ static int op_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
> > return cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_kill(cpu);
> > }
> >
> > -static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_died);
> > -
> > /*
> > * called on the thread which is asking for a CPU to be shutdown -
> > * waits until shutdown has completed, or it is timed out.
> > */
> > void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
> > {
> > - if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&cpu_died, msecs_to_jiffies(5000))) {
> > + if (!cpu_wait_death(cpu, 5)) {
> > pr_crit("CPU%u: cpu didn't die\n", cpu);
> > return;
> > }
> > @@ -293,7 +291,7 @@ void cpu_die(void)
> > local_irq_disable();
> >
> > /* Tell __cpu_die() that this CPU is now safe to dispose of */
> > - complete(&cpu_died);
> > + (void)cpu_report_death();
> >
> > /*
> > * Actually shutdown the CPU. This must never fail. The specific hotplug
>
> Are these functions are only defined when HOTPLUG_CPU is enabled? On
> arm64 we can end up with this option disabled if SUSPEND is disabled.

Yep, only with HOTPLUG_CPU. And yes, both SUSPEND and HIBERNATION can
force HOTPLUG_CPU, so if you have neiter SUSPEND nor HIBERNATION, you
won't have HOTPLUG_CPU. This -should- be OK, because you should also
not have __cpu_die() if !HOTPLUG_CPU.

Or am I missing your point?

Thanx, Paul

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