linux-kernel - Re: [patch] KVM, hotplug: export register_cpu

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Message-ID: <45C99D41.1010302@qumranet.com>
Date:	Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:34:57 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] KVM, hotplug: export register_cpu_notifier

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
>>> -
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_cpu_notifier);
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
>>> +
>>> void unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
>>> {
>>> 	mutex_lock(&cpu_add_remove_lock);
>>>  
>>>       
>> This is broken: register_cpu_notifier() is __cpuinit, which means it 
>> disappears at module time if !CONFIG_CPU_HOTPLUG.
>>
>> I submitted a hackaround to Andrew some time ago with the suspend 
>> patchset.
>>     
>
> ok. What does your patch do - turns it into an inline? I fixed it up in 
> -rt via the patch below.
>
>   

yes, but only if MODULE.

> 	Ingo
>
> ---------------------->
> Subject: [patch] KVM: export register_cpu_notifier
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
> KVM-trunk uses register_cpu_notifier() but it's not exported
> on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU. Make it a nop inline.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
>  include/linux/cpu.h |    6 +++++-
>  kernel/cpu.c        |    4 ----
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux/include/linux/cpu.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/include/linux/cpu.h
> +++ linux/include/linux/cpu.h
> @@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ struct notifier_block;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  /* Need to know about CPUs going up/down? */
> -extern int register_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> +extern int register_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  extern void unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  #else
> +static inline int register_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
>  static inline void unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
>  {
>  }
> Index: linux/kernel/cpu.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ linux/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ void unlock_cpu_hotplug(void)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unlock_cpu_hotplug);
>  
> -#endif	/* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
> -
>  /* Need to know about CPUs going up/down? */
>  int __cpuinit register_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
>  {
> @@ -75,8 +73,6 @@ int __cpuinit register_cpu_notifier(stru
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> -
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_cpu_notifier);
>  
>  void unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
>   


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