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From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>,
	"gregkh\@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"devel\@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@linuxdriverproject.org>,
	"mingo\@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"rafael.j.wysocki\@intel.com" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	"tglx\@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH  1/1] cpu-hotplug: export cpu_hotplug_enable/cpu_hotplug_disable
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:43:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twtx786y.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150623181310.GG3644@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (Peter Zijlstra's message of "Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:13:10 +0200")

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 04:57:05PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
>
>> > diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
>> > index 94bbe46..8f35ee6 100644
>> > --- a/kernel/cpu.c
>> > +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
>> > @@ -190,17 +190,19 @@ void cpu_hotplug_done(void)
>> >  void cpu_hotplug_disable(void)
>> >  {
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> > -	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 1;
>> > +	cpu_hotplug_disabled++;
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_done();
>> >  }
>> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_hotplug_disable);
>> > 
>> >  void cpu_hotplug_enable(void)
>> >  {
>> >  	cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> > -	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 0;
>> > +	if (cpu_hotplug_disabled)
>> > +		cpu_hotplug_disabled--;
>
> No that just papers over bugs.
>

Yes, but these bugs are not in Linux. I don't see any other way for a
platform to enable/disable cpu hotplug in runtime.

-- 
  Vitaly

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-24  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-22  2:56 [PATCH 1/1] cpu-hotplug: export cpu_hotplug_enable/cpu_hotplug_disable K. Y. Srinivasan
2015-06-23 16:57 ` KY Srinivasan
2015-06-23 18:13   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-06-24  9:43     ` Vitaly Kuznetsov [this message]
2015-06-24  9:54       ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-06-24 11:11         ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2015-06-24 10:27       ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-06-24 11:14         ` Vitaly Kuznetsov

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