linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] arm64: hibernate.c: create a new function to handle cpu_up(sleep

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911192326120.6731@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:31:38 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Pavankumar Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>,
        Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] arm64: hibernate.c: create a new function to handle
 cpu_up(sleep_cpu)

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019, Qais Yousef wrote:
>  
> +int hibernation_bringup_sleep_cpu(unsigned int sleep_cpu)

That function name is horrible. Aside of that I really have to ask how you
end up hibernating on an offline CPU?

> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!cpu_online(sleep_cpu)) {
> +		pr_info("Hibernated on a CPU that is offline! Bringing CPU up.\n");
> +		ret = cpu_up(sleep_cpu);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to bring hibernate-CPU up!\n");
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	}
> +}

Thanks,

	tglx