linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] Use process freezer for cpu-hotplug

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Message-ID: <20070406172714.GA6131@localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:27:14 -0500
From:	Nathan Lynch <ntl@...ox.com>
To:	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, paulmck@...ibm.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vatsa@...ibm.com, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, mingo@...e.hu,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, dino@...ibm.com,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] Use process freezer for cpu-hotplug

Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> This patch implements process_freezer based cpu-hotplug
> core. 
> The sailent features are:
> o No more (un)lock_cpu_hotplug.
> o No more CPU_LOCK_ACQUIRE and CPU_LOCK_RELEASE. Hence no per-subsystem
>   hotcpu mutexes.
> o Calls freeze_process/thaw_processes at the beginning/end of
>   the hotplug operation.

...

> @@ -133,7 +111,11 @@ static int _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
>  	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_LOCK_ACQUIRE, hcpu);
> +	if (freeze_processes(FE_HOTPLUG_CPU)) {
> +		thaw_processes(FE_HOTPLUG_CPU);
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	}
> +

If I'm understanding correctly, this will cause

# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online

to sometimes fail, and userspace is expected to try again?  This will
break existing applications.

Perhaps drivers/base/cpu.c:store_online should retry as long as
cpu_up/down return -EBUSY.  That would avoid a userspace-visible
interface change.
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