linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] xen: avoid crash in disable_hotplug

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Message-ID: <20180907112451.442b46fe.olaf@aepfle.de>
Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 11:24:51 +0200
From:   Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] xen: avoid crash in disable_hotplug_cpu

Am Fri, 7 Sep 2018 09:48:28 +0200
schrieb Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>:

> On 07/09/18 08:30, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > +	if (cpu_online(cpu))
> > +		return;
> >  	if (cpu_present(cpu))
> >  		xen_arch_unregister_cpu(cpu);  

> Could you merge the two if conditions?
> if (!cpu_online(cpu) && cpu_present(cpu))
> 	xen_arch_unregister_cpu(cpu);

Is that any different, beside being wrong, from what the patch actually does?
It would still clear the present bit later on.

Olaf

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