linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] arm: do not skip SMP init calls on SMP_ON

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:05:37 +0300
From:	Nikita Yushchenko <nyushchenko@....rtsoft.ru>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC:	Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
	kuznetsovg@....rtsoft.ru, Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Paul Kocialkowski <contact@...lk.fr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] arm: do not skip SMP init calls on SMP_ON_UP case

> I'm still trying to understand what is going on, and my printk()s show
> that this is not entirely true.
> 
> When smp_init() is entered on mainline om imx6s, cpu_possible_mask and
> cpu_present_mask both contain two cpus. These get initialized in
> arm_dt_init_cpu_maps() and stay unmodified since then.
> 
> But cpu_online() returns 1 for cpu0 and 0 from cpu1 - thus it is
> cpu_online() check, not possible_mask or present_mask, that prevents
> cpu1 initialization attempt.

Sorry was too quick to type.

cpu_online(0) is true and cpu_online(1) is false.
It is natural, since cpu0 is already running.
Thus cpu_up(1) is entered!

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