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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 10:18:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> To: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org> cc: josh@...htriplett.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dzickus@...hat.com, brendan.jackman@....com, malat@...ian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sramana@...eaurora.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: Fix rollback during error-out in takedown_cpu() On Thu, 6 Sep 2018, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote: > On 09/05/2018 06:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Sep 2018, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote: > > > On 09/05/2018 05:53 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > And looking closer this is a general issue. Just that the TEARDOWN state > > > > makes it simple to observe. It's universaly broken, when the first > > > > teardown > > > > callback fails because, st->state is only decremented _AFTER_ the > > > > callback > > > > returns success, but undo_cpu_down() increments unconditionally. > > > > > > > As per my understanding, there are 2 problems here; one is fixed with your > > > patch, and other is cpuhp_reset_state() is used during rollback from > > > non-AP to > > > AP state, which seem to result in 2 increments of st->state (one increment > > > done by cpuhp_reset_state() and another by cpu_thread_fun()) . > > And how did your hack fix that up magically? I'll have a look later today. > > > > Thanks, > > > > tglx > > The hack fixes it by not calling cpuhp_reset_state() and doing rollback state > reset inline inĀ _cpu_down(). And how is that any different from the proper patch I sent? It ends up in the same state. So I have a hard time to understand your blurb above where you claim that my patch just solves one of two problems? Thanks, tglx
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