netdev - Re: [PATCH 33/45] cris/smp: Use get/put_online_cpus

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:41:56 +0200
From:	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, tj@...nel.org,
	oleg@...hat.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	mingo@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
	walken@...gle.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	sbw@....edu, fweisbec@...il.com, zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jespern@...s.com>, linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 33/45] cris/smp: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to
 prevent CPU offline

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:15:39PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> Once stop_machine() is gone from the CPU offline path, we won't be able
> to depend on disabling preemption to prevent CPUs from going offline
> from under us.
> 
> Use the get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs to prevent CPUs from going
> offline, while invoking from atomic context.
> 
> Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>

> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
> index cdd1202..b2d4612 100644
> --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/timex.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/cpumask.h>
>  #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> @@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ void flush_tlb_common(struct mm_struct* mm, struct vm_area_struct* vma, unsigned
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	cpumask_t cpu_mask;
>  
> +	get_online_cpus_atomic();
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&tlbstate_lock, flags);
>  	cpu_mask = (mm == FLUSH_ALL ? cpu_all_mask : *mm_cpumask(mm));
>  	cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &cpu_mask);
> @@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ void flush_tlb_common(struct mm_struct* mm, struct vm_area_struct* vma, unsigned
>  	flush_addr = addr;
>  	send_ipi(IPI_FLUSH_TLB, 1, cpu_mask);
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tlbstate_lock, flags);
> +	put_online_cpus_atomic();
>  }
>  
>  void flush_tlb_all(void)
> @@ -319,10 +322,12 @@ int smp_call_function(void (*func)(void *info), void *info, int wait)
>  	data.info = info;
>  	data.wait = wait;
>  
> +	get_online_cpus_atomic();
>  	spin_lock(&call_lock);
>  	call_data = &data;
>  	ret = send_ipi(IPI_CALL, wait, cpu_mask);
>  	spin_unlock(&call_lock);
> +	put_online_cpus_atomic();
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 
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