linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: Remove skip_onerr field from cpuhp

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Message-ID: <20180828075537.GG24124@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:55:38 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: Remove skip_onerr field from cpuhp_step
 structure

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:24:54PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> When notifiers were there, we were using `skip_onerr` to avoid
> calling particular step startup/teardown callback in CPU up/down
> rollback path, which made the hotplug a bit asymmetric.
> 
> As notifiers are gone now after state machine introduction. So,
> `skip_onerr` field is no longer valid.
> 
> Remove it from the structure and its usage.

There are indeed no users left.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>