From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:39:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 08/16] ARM: bL_platsmp.c: make sure the GIC interface of a dying CPU is disabled In-Reply-To: <1357777251-13541-9-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> References: <1357777251-13541-1-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> <1357777251-13541-9-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20130114163902.GC31341@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:20:43AM +0000, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > Otherwise there might be some interrupts or IPIs becoming pending and the > CPU will not enter low power mode when doing a WFI. The effect of this > is a CPU that loops back into the kernel, go through the first man > election, signals itself as alive, and prevent the cluster from being > shut down. > > This could benefit from a better solution. > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre > --- > arch/arm/common/bL_platsmp.c | 1 + > arch/arm/common/gic.c | 6 ++++++ > arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h | 2 ++ > 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/common/bL_platsmp.c b/arch/arm/common/bL_platsmp.c > index 0ae44123bf..6a3b251b97 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/common/bL_platsmp.c > +++ b/arch/arm/common/bL_platsmp.c > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static void __ref bL_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu) > pcpu = mpidr & 0xff; > pcluster = (mpidr >> 8) & 0xff; > bL_set_entry_vector(pcpu, pcluster, NULL); > + gic_cpu_if_down(); I'm starting to sound like a stuck record (and not a very tuneful one at that) but... I think you need a barrier here. > bL_cpu_power_down(); Will