linux-kernel - Re: [RFC patch] MIPS/netlogic: dont setup boot CPU twice

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAJd=RBC3-9nEwFd+d7RbbKp1aYbQyC9iPnqMvHDDH+kPYbSxcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:43:57 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	"Jayachandran C." <jayachandranc@...logicmicro.com>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [RFC patch] MIPS/netlogic: dont setup boot CPU twice

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Jayachandran C.
<jayachandranc@...logicmicro.com> wrote:
> The nlm_cpu_ready[] entry is not set for the boot_cpu, it is set for only
> the secondary cpus in smpboot.S.  The code works as it is, but your patch
> makes it more explicit.
>
> My only commnet is that it might look better if you combine both the if checks.
>
Got and thanks. It is recooked as the following.

Hillf
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: [RFC patch] MIPS/netlogic: add comment for smp setup

It seems that BSP could be setup twice, but the nlm_cpu_ready array is only
set for ASPs in smpboot.S, not including BSP.

Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
---
 arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
index b495a7f..b82667c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/smp.c
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ void __init nlm_smp_setup(void)

 	num_cpus = 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * BSP is not set in nlm_cpu_ready array, it is only for
+		 * ASPs (goto see smpboot.S)
+		 */
 		if (nlm_cpu_ready[i]) {
 			cpu_set(i, phys_cpu_present_map);
 			__cpu_number_map[i] = num_cpus;
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/