Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] LoongArch: SMP: Implement parallel CPU bring up

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Mon, Jul 15 2024 at 21:35, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>   */
>  void loongson_boot_secondary(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
>  {
> -	unsigned long entry;
> +	unsigned long entry, stack, thread_info;
>  
>  	pr_info("Booting CPU#%d...\n", cpu);
>  
>  	entry = __pa_symbol((unsigned long)&smpboot_entry);
> -	cpuboot_data.stack = (unsigned long)__KSTK_TOS(idle);
> -	cpuboot_data.thread_info = (unsigned long)task_thread_info(idle);
> +	stack = (unsigned long)__KSTK_TOS(idle);
> +	thread_info = (unsigned long)task_thread_info(idle);
>  
> +	csr_mail_send(thread_info, cpu_logical_map(cpu), 2);
> +	csr_mail_send(stack, cpu_logical_map(cpu), 1);
>  	csr_mail_send(entry, cpu_logical_map(cpu), 0);
>  
>  	loongson_send_ipi_single(cpu, ACTION_BOOT_CPU);
> @@ -525,20 +522,10 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> -int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
> +int arch_cpuhp_kick_ap_alive(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
>  {
>  	loongson_boot_secondary(cpu, tidle);

What's the point of this indirection and why is
loongson_boot_secondary() global? The only caller is this function, no?
  
Thanks,

        tglx