Re: [PATCH v3 04/15] arm: Don't use disable_nonboot_cpus()

From: Qais Yousef
Date: Fri Mar 20 2020 - 07:04:36 EST


On 02/23/20 19:29, Qais Yousef wrote:
> disable_nonboot_cpus() is not safe to use when doing machine_down(),
> because it relies on freeze_secondary_cpus() which in turn is
> a suspend/resume related freeze and could abort if the logic detects any
> pending activities that can prevent finishing the offlining process.
>
> Beside disable_nonboot_cpus() is dependent on CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP which
> is an othogonal config to rely on to ensure this function works
> correctly.
>
> Use `reboot_cpu` variable instead of hardcoding 0 as the reboot cpu.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---

Hi Russel

Does the updated version look good to you now?

Thanks

--
Qais Yousef

> arch/arm/kernel/reboot.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/arm/kernel/reboot.c
> index bb18ed0539f4..0ce388f15422 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ void soft_restart(unsigned long addr)
> * to execute e.g. a RAM-based pin loop is not sufficient. This allows the
> * kexec'd kernel to use any and all RAM as it sees fit, without having to
> * avoid any code or data used by any SW CPU pin loop. The CPU hotplug
> - * functionality embodied in disable_nonboot_cpus() to achieve this.
> + * functionality embodied in smp_shutdown_nonboot_cpus() to achieve this.
> */
> void machine_shutdown(void)
> {
> - disable_nonboot_cpus();
> + smp_shutdown_nonboot_cpus(reboot_cpu);
> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.17.1
>