linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv/idle: Put pnv_cpu_offline behind HOTPLUG

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:52:58 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        "Gautham R . Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv/idle: Put pnv_cpu_offline behind HOTPLUG_CPU

Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au> writes:
> In commit 900612315788 ("powerpc/powernv/smp: Add busy-wait loop as fall back
> for CPU-Hotplug") the idle code uses generic_check_cpu_restart(), but that
> function is not available when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is disabled.
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c: In function ‘pnv_cpu_offline’:
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c:286:11: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘generic_check_cpu_restart’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>    while (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
>            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The callers of pnv_cpu_offline are behind CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU, so fix the build
> error by putting this code behind the same gard.
>
> Fixes: 900612315788 ("powerpc/powernv/smp: Add busy-wait loop as fall back for CPU-Hotplug").
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.12
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>

This was fixed upstream in commit 67d204180886, but I forgot to tag it
for stable.

https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/67d204180886


I've just sent mail to stable asking for it to be backported to 4.12.

cheers