From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/27] smpboot: Provide a generic method to boot secondary processors Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:37:45 +0530 Message-ID: <4FCDA231.60102@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20120601090952.31979.24799.stgit@srivatsabhat.in.ibm.com> <20120601091008.31979.93586.stgit@srivatsabhat.in.ibm.com> <20120601165113.GA18870@merkur.ravnborg.org> <4FC9424E.9060009@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4FCCB31B.6060302@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20120605051144.GA4064@zhy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from e23smtp05.au.ibm.com ([202.81.31.147]:58271 "EHLO e23smtp05.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752758Ab2FEGxC (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:53:02 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e23smtp05.au.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 06:03:39 +1000 In-Reply-To: <20120605051144.GA4064@zhy> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Yong Zhang Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Sam Ravnborg , peterz@infradead.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, mingo@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nikunj@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Suresh Siddha , Venkatesh Pallipadi On 06/05/2012 10:41 AM, Yong Zhang wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 06:37:39PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: >> On 06/04/2012 04:02 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >>>> However, I do want to emphasize that this isn't generic code. So how about >>>> an "arch_" prefix instead? Something like: >>>> arch_cpu_pre_starting(), arch_cpu_pre_online() and arch_cpu_post_online()? >>> >>> Yes, please. >> >> >> Sure, queued up for v2. (Atm, figuring out how to deal with xen (patch 5). Once >> that gets done, will post a v2.) > > Since there is dependency on ipi_call_lock cleanup patches > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133827595625509&w=2 > > So please feel free to include the patches into yours. > Sure, if that would help Thomas pick them up easily. > And It will be better that Thomas could pick them up :) > Yes :) Regards, Srivatsa S. Bhat > >> >>> >>> Otherwise, thanks for that work! >> >> >> We are glad that it helps :-) >> >>> From the first glance, it's not >>> colliding much with the changes I have in the pipeline, but I will >>> have a closer look. >>> >> >> >> Great! Thanks a lot for your time, Thomas! >> >> Regards, >> Srivatsa S. Bhat >>