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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/6 v5] CPU probe/release files
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 15:33 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Nathan Fontenot <nfont@austin.ibm.com> writes:
>>
>>> Index: powerpc/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- powerpc.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig 2009-10-28 15:21:47.000000000 -0500
>>> +++ powerpc/arch/powerpc/Kconfig 2009-10-28 15:21:53.000000000 -0500
>>> @@ -320,6 +320,10 @@
>>>
>>> Say N if you are unsure.
>>>
>>> +config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
>>> + def_bool y
>>> + depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
>>> +
>> That does not work.
>>
>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `.store_online':
>> cpu.c:(.ref.text+0xf5c): undefined reference to `.cpu_hotplug_driver_lock'
>> cpu.c:(.ref.text+0xfc8): undefined reference to `.cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock'
>> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>>
>> cpu_hotplug_driver_lock is only defined on pseries, but HOTPLUG_CPU is
>> also defined on pmac.
>
> Well, the stuff was merged ... so we need to fix it.
>
> Nathan, the problem is that the above wlil define ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
> for any powerpc platform that has HOTPLUG_CPU. So a kernel that doesn't
> have pSeries support but has hotplug CPU will have a problem, though for
> some reason none of my test configs triggered it (I'll have to check why
> next week).
>
> The right approach here is to have cpu_hotplug_driver_lock go through
> ppc_md. I suppose, along with some of the other CPU hotplug platform
> specific bits.
>

Sounds good to me, I'll get a patch together.

-Nathan Fontenot


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