linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 43/67] leds/trigger/cpu: Convert to hotplug state machine

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:23:44 +0200
From:	Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, rt@...utronix.de,
	Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch V2 43/67] leds/trigger/cpu: Convert to hotplug state machine

On 07/14/2016 11:41 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:10:55AM +0200, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
>> On 07/14/2016 09:47 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>>> * Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> @@ -133,7 +125,13 @@ static int __init ledtrig_cpu_init(void)
>>>>>        }
>>>>>
>>>>>        register_syscore_ops(&ledtrig_cpu_syscore_ops);
>>>>> -     register_cpu_notifier(&ledtrig_cpu_nb);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +     /*
>>>>> +      * FIXME: Why needs this to happen in the interrupt disabled
>>>>> +      * low level bringup phase of a cpu?
>>>>> +      */
>
>> Thanks for the explanation. I'm OK with that approach.
>
> Since we have your attention, could you perhaps attempt to answer the
> question so we can fix the fixme?
>

This is the way how all led triggers are being registered.

Once a trigger module is loaded it needs to be registered in
the LED Trigger core.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski