Re: [PATCH] arm64/kernel: Simplify __cpu_up() by bailing out early

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Mar 17 2020 - 14:32:14 EST


On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 01:03:40PM +1100, Gavin Shan wrote:
> The function __cpu_up() is invoked to bring up the target CPU through
> the backend, PSCI for example. The nested if statements won't be needed
> if we bail out early on the following two conditions where the status
> won't be checked. The code looks simplified in that case.
>
> * Error returned from the backend (e.g. PSCI)
> * The target CPU has been marked as onlined
>
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Queued for 5.7. Thanks.

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Catalin