linux-kernel - Re: [PREEMPT-RT] [PATCH] s390/cpum_sf: Remove superfluous SMP function call

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:13:06 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian.siewior@...utronix.de>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rt@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PREEMPT-RT] [PATCH] s390/cpum_sf: Remove superfluous SMP
 function call

On 04/05/2016 12:49 PM, Heiko Carstens wrote:
>> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
>> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
>> @@ -1510,7 +1510,6 @@ static void cpumf_measurement_alert(stru
>>  static int cpumf_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self,
>>  			      unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
>>  {
>> -	unsigned int cpu = (long) hcpu;
>>  	int flags;
>>
>>  	/* Ignore the notification if no events are scheduled on the PMU.
>> @@ -1523,11 +1522,15 @@ static int cpumf_pmu_notifier(struct not
>>  	case CPU_ONLINE:
>>  	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
>>  		flags = PMC_INIT;
>> -		smp_call_function_single(cpu, setup_pmc_cpu, &flags, 1);
>> +		local_irq_disable();
>> +		setup_pmc_cpu(&flags);
>> +		local_irq_enable();
>>  		break;
> 
> ...but at least the CPU_DOWN_FAILED callback will not necessarily be called
> on the cpu that couldn't be brought offline.

I don't follow.

Sebastian