linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/16] kernel: softirq: Convert to hotplug state machine

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Message-Id: <20160818125731.27256-7-bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:57:21 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, rt@...utronix.de,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 06/16] kernel: softirq: Convert to hotplug state machine

Install the callbacks via the state machine.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/cpuhotplug.h |  1 +
 kernel/softirq.c           | 27 ++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index 854e59a426d4..a421407a317f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_VIRT_NET_DEAD,
 	CPUHP_SLUB_DEAD,
 	CPUHP_MM_WRITEBACK_DEAD,
+	CPUHP_SOFTIRQ_DEAD,
 	CPUHP_WORKQUEUE_PREP,
 	CPUHP_POWER_NUMA_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_HRTIMERS_PREPARE,
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 34033fd09c8c..def3d7dd3965 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ void tasklet_kill_immediate(struct tasklet_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
 	BUG();
 }
 
-static void takeover_tasklets(unsigned int cpu)
+static int takeover_tasklets(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	/* CPU is dead, so no lock needed. */
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -723,27 +723,12 @@ static void takeover_tasklets(unsigned int cpu)
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(HI_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	local_irq_enable();
+	return 0;
 }
+#else
+#define takeover_tasklets	NULL
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static int cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action,
-			void *hcpu)
-{
-	switch (action) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	case CPU_DEAD:
-	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
-		takeover_tasklets((unsigned long)hcpu);
-		break;
-#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-	}
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block cpu_nfb = {
-	.notifier_call = cpu_callback
-};
-
 static struct smp_hotplug_thread softirq_threads = {
 	.store			= &ksoftirqd,
 	.thread_should_run	= ksoftirqd_should_run,
@@ -753,8 +738,8 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread softirq_threads = {
 
 static __init int spawn_ksoftirqd(void)
 {
-	register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
-
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_SOFTIRQ_DEAD, "SOFTIRQ_DEAD", NULL,
+				  takeover_tasklets);
 	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&softirq_threads));
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.9.3