linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ACPI / processor: Use common hotplug infrastructure

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Message-ID: <1367609656.16154.199.camel@misato.fc.hp.com>
Date:	Fri, 03 May 2013 13:34:16 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com,
	vasilis.liaskovitis@...fitbricks.com, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ACPI / processor: Use common hotplug infrastructure

On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 21:31 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, May 03, 2013 12:27:54 PM Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 14:05 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Thursday, May 02, 2013 05:20:12 PM Toshi Kani wrote:

:

> > One minor comment.
> > 
> > +static __cpuinit int __acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
> > >  {
> > > -	struct acpi_device *device = per_cpu(processor_device_array,
> > pr->id);
> > > +	struct acpi_processor *pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
> > > +	acpi_status status;
> > >  	int result = 0;
> > >  
> > > +	if (!pr)
> > > +		return -ENODEV;
> > > +
> > > +	if (pr->flags.need_hotplug_init)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +
> > 
> > I felt the name of "need_hotplug_init" is a bit misleading since the
> > func actually skips when the need-flag is set.  It may be nice to rename
> > it to defer_online_init, offline or something like that.
> 
> I just wanted to avoid making too many non-essential changes in one patch.
> We can change the name of that field at any time later.

Sounds good to me.

Thanks,
-Toshi


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