Re: [ACPI] PATCH-ACPI based CPU hotplug[4/6]-Dynamic cpu register/unregister support

[Keshavamurthy Anil S <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:34:00PM +0900, Keiichiro Tokunaga wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:41:07 -0700 Keshavamurthy Anil S wrote:
> > ---
> > Name:topology.patch
> > Status:Tested on 2.6.9-rc2
> > Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
> > Depends:	
> > Version: applies on 2.6.9-rc2	
> > Description:
> > Extends support for dynamic registration and unregistration of the cpu,
> > by implementing and exporting arch_register_cpu()/arch_unregister_cpu().
> > Also combines multiple implementation of topology_init() functions to
> > single topology_init() in case of ia64 architecture.
> > ---
> 
> > +void arch_unregister_cpu(int num)
> > +{
> > +	struct node *parent = NULL;
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> > +	int node = cpu_to_node(num);
> > +	if (node_online(node))
> > +		parent = &sysfs_nodes[node];
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
> > +
> > +	return unregister_cpu(&sysfs_cpus[num].cpu, parent);
> > +}
> 
> I don't think that the check 'if (node_online(node))' is necessary
> because sysfs_nodes[node] is there no matter if the node is online
> or offline.  sysfs_nodes[] is cleared only when unregister_node()
> is called and it would be always called after unregister_cpu().

Yes, I agree with you. I will remove the check, or simply apply your patch:)
thanks,
Anil