Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: wait for cpuset_hotplug_work to finish on cpu onlining

[Alexey Klimov]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 9:46 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 01:01:57AM +0000, Alexey Klimov wrote:
> > @@ -1281,6 +1282,11 @@ static int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_state target)
> >       err = _cpu_up(cpu, 0, target);
> >  out:
> >       cpu_maps_update_done();
> > +
> > +     /* To avoid out of line uevent */
> > +     if (!err)
> > +             cpuset_wait_for_hotplug();
> > +
> >       return err;
> >  }
> >
>
> > @@ -2071,14 +2075,18 @@ static void cpuhp_online_cpu_device(unsigned int cpu)
> >       struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
> >
> >       dev->offline = false;
> > -     /* Tell user space about the state change */
> > -     kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
> >  }
> >
>
> One concequence of this is that you'll now get a bunch of notifications
> across things like suspend/hybernate.

The patch doesn't change the number of kobject_uevent()s. The
userspace will get the same number of uevents as before the patch (at
least if I can rely on my eyes).
Or is there a concern that now the uevents are sent in a row
sequentially which might abuse userspace uevents handling machinery?

Best regards,
Alexey