Re: [PATCH 1/1] cpu-hotplug: export cpu_hotplug_enable/cpu_hotplug_disable

[Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>]

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 04:57:05PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
>
>> > diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
>> > index 94bbe46..8f35ee6 100644
>> > --- a/kernel/cpu.c
>> > +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
>> > @@ -190,17 +190,19 @@ void cpu_hotplug_done(void)
>> >  void cpu_hotplug_disable(void)
>> >  {
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> > -	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 1;
>> > +	cpu_hotplug_disabled++;
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_done();
>> >  }
>> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_hotplug_disable);
>> > 
>> >  void cpu_hotplug_enable(void)
>> >  {
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> > -	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 0;
>> > +	if (cpu_hotplug_disabled)
>> > +		cpu_hotplug_disabled--;
>
> No that just papers over bugs.
>

Yes, but these bugs are not in Linux. I don't see any other way for a
platform to enable/disable cpu hotplug in runtime.

-- 
  Vitaly