Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] acpi : cpu hot-remove returns error when cpu_down() fails

["Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 07/12/2012 04:52 PM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> Even if cpu_down() fails, acpi_processor_remove() continues to remove the cpu.
> But in this case, it should return error number since some process may run on
> the cpu. If the cpu has a running process and the cpu is turned the power off,
> the system may not work well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
> 

Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

> ---
>  drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c	2012-06-25 04:53:04.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c	2012-07-05 21:02:58.711285382 +0900
> @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ err_free_pr:
>  static int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
>  {
>  	struct acpi_processor *pr = NULL;
> -
> +	int ret;
> 
>  	if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -621,8 +621,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_remove(struct
>  		goto free;
> 
>  	if (type == ACPI_BUS_REMOVAL_EJECT) {
> -		if (acpi_processor_handle_eject(pr))
> -			return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = acpi_processor_handle_eject(pr);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
>  	}
> 
>  	acpi_processor_power_exit(pr, device);
> @@ -841,12 +842,17 @@ static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd
> 
>  static int acpi_processor_handle_eject(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>  {
> -	if (cpu_online(pr->id))
> -		cpu_down(pr->id);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (cpu_online(pr->id)) {
> +		ret = cpu_down(pr->id);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> 
>  	arch_unregister_cpu(pr->id);
>  	acpi_unmap_lsapic(pr->id);
> -	return (0);
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  #else
>  static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>