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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Refcount Based Cpu-Hotplug Implementation
Hi Paul,

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:27:09AM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> With the following patch, the four cpu hotplug patches by
> Gautham R Shenoy boot successfully on my sn2_defconfig ia64
> SN2 Altix system.
>
> This patch moves the cpu_hotplug_init() code outside of the
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU code.
>
> I will confess to being confused however as to the best way
> to handle this. Having "cpu_hotplug_init" be a piece of code
> that has to execute whether or not CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is
> enabled doesn't seem right.

Thanks for the patch!

I had not tested the patch series with !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU,
so no wonder I missed it.

>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
>

Acked-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>

> ---
>
> include/linux/cpu.h | 3 +--
> kernel/cpu.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- 2.6.23-mm1.orig/include/linux/cpu.h 2007-10-17 03:59:59.529623639 -0700
> +++ 2.6.23-mm1/include/linux/cpu.h 2007-10-17 04:03:56.257223754 -0700
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static inline void unregister_cpu_notifi
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
> extern struct sysdev_class cpu_sysdev_class;
> +extern void cpu_hotplug_init(void);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> /* Stop CPUs going up and down. */
> @@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_unlo
> mutex_unlock(cpu_hp_mutex);
> }
>
> -extern void cpu_hotplug_init(void);
> extern void get_online_cpus(void);
> extern void put_online_cpus(void);
> #define hotcpu_notifier(fn, pri) { \
> @@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_lock
> static inline void cpuhotplug_mutex_unlock(struct mutex *cpu_hp_mutex)
> { }
>
> -#define cpu_hotplug_init() do { } while (0)
> #define get_online_cpus() do { } while (0)
> #define put_online_cpus() do { } while (0)
> #define hotcpu_notifier(fn, pri) do { (void)(fn); } while (0)
> --- 2.6.23-mm1.orig/kernel/cpu.c 2007-10-17 03:59:59.873628872 -0700
> +++ 2.6.23-mm1/kernel/cpu.c 2007-10-17 04:04:52.522079165 -0700
> @@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ static struct {
>
> #define writer_exists() (cpu_hotplug.active_writer != NULL)
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> -
> void __init cpu_hotplug_init(void)
> {
> cpu_hotplug.active_writer = NULL;
> @@ -48,6 +46,8 @@ void __init cpu_hotplug_init(void)
> init_completion(&cpu_hotplug.readers_done);
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> +
> void get_online_cpus(void)
> {
> might_sleep();
>
>
> --
> I won't rest till it's the best ...
> Programmer, Linux Scalability
> Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> 1.925.600.0401

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Gautham R Shenoy
Linux Technology Center
IBM India.
"Freedom comes with a price tag of responsibility, which is still a bargain,
because Freedom is priceless!"
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