linux-kernel - [tip: smp/core] cpu/hotplug: Add new {add,remove}

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Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:06:07 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Qais Yousef" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: smp/core] cpu/hotplug: Add new {add,remove}_cpu() functions

The following commit has been merged into the smp/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     93ef1429e556f739a208e3968883ed51480580e8
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/93ef1429e556f739a208e3968883ed51480580e8
Author:        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:50:54 
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:59:31 +01:00

cpu/hotplug: Add new {add,remove}_cpu() functions

The new functions use device_{online,offline}() which are userspace safe.

This is in preparation to move cpu_{up, down} kernel users to use a safer
interface that is not racy with userspace.

Suggested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200323135110.30522-2-qais.yousef@arm.com

---
 include/linux/cpu.h |  2 ++
 kernel/cpu.c        | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 1ca2baf..cf8cf38 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ extern ssize_t arch_cpu_release(const char *, size_t);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern bool cpuhp_tasks_frozen;
 int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu);
+int add_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
 void notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void cpu_maps_update_begin(void);
 extern void cpu_maps_update_done(void);
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ extern void cpu_hotplug_disable(void);
 extern void cpu_hotplug_enable(void);
 void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu);
 int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu);
+int remove_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 9c706af..069802f 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,18 @@ int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_down);
 
+int remove_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	lock_device_hotplug();
+	ret = device_offline(get_cpu_device(cpu));
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_cpu);
+
 #else
 #define takedown_cpu		NULL
 #endif /*CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU*/
@@ -1209,6 +1221,18 @@ int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_up);
 
+int add_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	lock_device_hotplug();
+	ret = device_online(get_cpu_device(cpu));
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_cpu);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP
 static cpumask_var_t frozen_cpus;