linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] cpu_stop: implement stop

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Message-ID: <4BDFC4D9.4030408@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 04 May 2010 08:55:21 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	oleg@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, sivanich@....com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	josh@...edesktop.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] cpu_stop: implement stop_cpu[s]()

Hello, again.

On 05/04/2010 08:40 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Oh, I had code piece which wanted to discern between -ENOENT from
> non-excution and -ENOENT return from the work function which seems
> gone now.  I'll check things again and drop ->executed if everything
> looks okay.

Eh... now I remember.  If we start with ->ret = 0, stop_cpus() can't
return -ENOENT when none of the specified cpus executed without
tracking execution status (so the current code).  If we start with
->ret = -ENOENT, we can't tell whether all cpus executed successfully
or none has executed unless we BUG_ON() -ENOENT return from work
functions and let 0 return override -ENOENT.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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