Re: [PATCH 17/20] sparc/sysfs: Convert to hotplug state machine

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Nov 17 2016 - 13:39:18 EST


From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:35:38 +0100

> Install the callbacks via the state machine and let the core invoke
> the callbacks on the already online CPUs.
>
> The previous convention of keeping the files around until the CPU is dead
> has not been preserved as there is no point to keep them available when the
> cpu is going down. This makes the hotplug call symmetric.
>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>