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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86 Maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
	Patryk Wlazlyn <patryk.wlazlyn@linux.intel.com>,
	"Gautham R. Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>,
	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] cpuidle: Do not return from cpuidle_play_dead() on callback failures
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:40:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241115174022.GF22801@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJZ5v0jkPb-sgrMfk+KN19+R+ezucssHKUzfJZ74Qw1Ned6gaw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 02:25:23PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > I mean, something like:
> >
> >         if (drv->states[i].enter_dead && !drv->states[i].enter_dead(dev, i))
> >                 panic("Dead CPU walking...");
> >
> > is 'fun' but not very useful.
> 
> The panic would be hard to debug if it ever triggers I'm afraid and
> there is the fallback to HLT in the caller.

I was being facetious, removing the return value and simply calling them
all in reverse order is fine.

      reply	other threads:[~2024-11-15 17:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-14 17:46 [PATCH v1] cpuidle: Do not return from cpuidle_play_dead() on callback failures Rafael J. Wysocki
2024-11-15  3:22 ` Mario Limonciello
2024-11-15 10:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-15 12:46   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2024-11-15 12:55     ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-15 13:25       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2024-11-15 17:40         ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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