linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86, cpu hotplug: Fix cpu bringup concurrency issue

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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:04:10 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Herrmann3, Andreas" <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>,
	"Seidel, Conny" <Conny.Seidel@....com>,
	"Sarathy, Bhavna" <Bhavna.Sarathy@....com>,
	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86, cpu hotplug: Fix cpu bringup concurrency
 issue

On 08/18/2010 12:28 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> warning: (X86) selects ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE which has unmet direct
>> dependencies (HOTPLUG_CPU)
> 
> well I got 
> 
> +config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
> +       def_bool y
> +       depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
> 
> but I guess ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE gets selected still. Why isn't that
> "depends on" forcing it, I guess select is stronger.
> 
>> ... and build failure when compiling without CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU.
> 
> This hunk fixes the !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU build here but I should've
> caught it earlier, shame on me. Sorry for the inconvenience, can you
> please drop this second patch for now, I'll send you a revised version
> tomorrow.
> 

I would prefer to not continue to have a piece of Kconfig code which
warns, so I'll hold off on this until I have your revised patch.

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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