linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] smp: Create a new function to bringup nonboot cpus online

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911192337430.6731@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:42:32 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Eiichi Tsukata <devel@...ukata.com>,
        Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] smp: Create a new function to bringup nonboot cpus
 online

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019, Qais Yousef wrote:
> +void smp_bringup_nonboot_cpus(unsigned int setup_max_cpus)
> +{
> +	unsigned int cpu;
> +
> +	/* FIXME: This should be done in userspace --RR */

This fixme is stale and should just go away.

> +	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
> +		if (num_online_cpus() >= setup_max_cpus)
> +			break;
> +		if (!cpu_online(cpu))
> +			cpu_up(cpu);
> +	}
> +}

Thanks,

	tglx