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Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:34:01 +0100 From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Dennis Chen <dennis.chen@....com>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: secondary_start_kernel: Remove unnecessary barrier On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:14:41AM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: > Remove the unnecessary smp_wmb(), which was added to make sure > that the update_cpu_boot_status() completes before we mark the > CPU online. But update_cpu_boot_status() already has dsb() (required > for the failing CPUs) to ensure the correct behavior. > > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> > Cc: Dennis Chen <dennis.chen@....com> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com> > Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> Mark. > --- > arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c > index b2d5f4e..ec040a8 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c > @@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ asmlinkage void secondary_start_kernel(void) > pr_info("CPU%u: Booted secondary processor [%08x]\n", > cpu, read_cpuid_id()); > update_cpu_boot_status(CPU_BOOT_SUCCESS); > - /* Make sure the status update is visible before we complete */ > - smp_wmb(); > set_cpu_online(cpu, true); > complete(&cpu_running); > > -- > 1.7.9.5 >
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