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

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Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 11:50:08 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
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

On 07/09/18 11:24, Olaf Hering wrote:
> 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?

No. Just a matter of style.

> It would still clear the present bit later on.

This should be part of the if clause, of course.


Juergen