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

From: Alexey Klimov
Date: Thu Feb 11 2021 - 08:56:13 EST


On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:22 AM Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 02/04/21 10:46, Peter Zijlstra 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.
>
> And the resume latency will incur 5-30ms * nr_cpu_ids.
>
> Since you just care about device_online(), isn't cpu_device_up() a better place
> for the wait? This function is special helper for device_online(), leaving
> suspend/resume and kexec paths free from having to do this unnecessary wait.

Yup, the same idea here once Peter mentioned bringup_nonboot_cpus()
and bringup_hibernate_cpu().

Best regards,
Alexey