Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] powerpc/xive: add error return value to xive_smp_probe()

From: Cédric Le Goater

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 01:13:31 EST


On 7/24/26 04:28, Gou Hao wrote:
xive_smp_probe() calls xive_init_ipis() which can fail, but its
return value is currently ignored. Change xive_smp_probe() to
return int so that errors can be propagated to callers.

This is a preparatory patch for the next one.

No functional change yet; the return value is always 0 at this point.

Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: jiazhenyuan <jiazhenyuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/xive.h | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xive.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xive.h
index efb0f5effcc69..4e3e3358993c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xive.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/xive.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline bool xive_enabled(void) { return __xive_enabled; }
bool xive_spapr_init(void);
bool xive_native_init(void);
-void xive_smp_probe(void);
+int xive_smp_probe(void);
int xive_smp_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
void xive_smp_setup_cpu(void);
void xive_smp_disable_cpu(void);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static inline bool xive_enabled(void) { return false; }
static inline bool xive_spapr_init(void) { return false; }
static inline bool xive_native_init(void) { return false; }
-static inline void xive_smp_probe(void) { }
+static inline int xive_smp_probe(void) { return -EINVAL; }
static inline int xive_smp_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu) { return -EINVAL; }
static inline void xive_smp_setup_cpu(void) { }
static inline void xive_smp_disable_cpu(void) { }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index f2904a5c2b7bf..f9a1229cede73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ noinstr static void xive_cleanup_cpu_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
xive_ops->put_ipi(cpu, xc);
}
-void __init xive_smp_probe(void)
+int __init xive_smp_probe(void)
{
smp_ops->cause_ipi = xive_cause_ipi;
@@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ void __init xive_smp_probe(void)
/* Allocate and setup IPI for the boot CPU */
xive_setup_cpu_ipi(smp_processor_id());
+
+ return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */

Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

C.