netdev - RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 11/19] net: mvpp2: add flow control RXQ and BM pool config callbacks

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Date:   Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:38:59 +0000
From:   Stefan Chulski <stefanc@...vell.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com" <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
        Yan Markman <ymarkman@...vell.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "mw@...ihalf.com" <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "atenart@...nel.org" <atenart@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH RFC net-next  11/19] net: mvpp2: add flow
 control RXQ and BM pool config callbacks

> Sorry, but that is not really a decision the driver can make. It is part of a kernel
> that _does_ support CPU hotplug, and the online CPUs can be changed today.
> 
> It is likely that every distro out there builds the kernel with CPU hotplug
> enabled.
> 
> If changing the online CPUs causes the driver to misbehave, that is a(nother)
> bug with the driver.

This function doesn't really need to know num_active_cpus, only host ID used by
used by shared RX interrupt in single queue mode.
Host ID is just register address space used to access PPv2 register space.
So I can remove this use of  num_active_cpus.

Stefan,
Regards.