linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] socfpga_a10: reset CPU1 in socfpga_cpu

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Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 09:25:32 -0500
From:   Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>
To:     yanjiang.jin@...driver.com, hiraku.toyooka.gu@...achi.com,
        linux@....linux.org.uk
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jinyanjiang@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] socfpga_a10: reset CPU1 in socfpga_cpu_kill()



On 05/10/2017 12:13 AM, yanjiang.jin@...driver.com wrote:
> From: Yanjiang Jin <yanjiang.jin@...driver.com>
> 
> Kexec's second kernel would hang if CPU1 isn't reset.
> 

Can you please be a bit more descriptive on the commit log? Is it
because when kexec starts, the SMP on the kexec's kernel try to run on CPU1?


> Signed-off-by: Yanjiang Jin <yanjiang.jin@...driver.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-socfpga/platsmp.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/platsmp.c
> index 0ee7677..db3940e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/platsmp.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/platsmp.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ static int socfpga_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
>  {
>  	return 1;
>  }
> +
> +static int socfpga_a10_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	/* This will put CPU #1 into reset. */
> +	if (socfpga_cpu1start_addr)

Do you need to check for socfpga_cpu1start_addr?

Dinh