Re: [PATCH 10/10] cpu bulk removal interface

[Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>]

Shaohua Li wrote:
> 
> Interface for bulk cpu removal. It's /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu_bulk_remove
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
> ---
> 
>  linux-2.6.17-rc3-root/drivers/base/cpu.c  |   47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  linux-2.6.17-rc3-root/include/linux/cpu.h |    3 +
>  2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -puN drivers/base/cpu.c~bulk_cpu_remove_interface drivers/base/cpu.c
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc3/drivers/base/cpu.c~bulk_cpu_remove_interface	2006-05-07 07:47:02.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc3-root/drivers/base/cpu.c	2006-05-07 09:29:54.000000000 +0800
> @@ -76,6 +76,46 @@ static inline void register_cpu_control(
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_BULK_CPU_REMOVE
> +static ssize_t cpu_bulk_remove_show(struct sysdev_class *c, char *buf)
> +{
> +	int len;
> +
> +	len = cpulist_scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE-1, cpu_online_map);
> +	len += sprintf(buf + len, "\n");
> +	return len;
> +}

This doesn't really seem meaningful.  I'd say the attribute could do
without a show method.

> +static ssize_t cpu_bulk_remove_store(struct sysdev_class *c,
> +	const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	int err;
> +	cpumask_t removed_cpus;
> +
> +	if ((err = lock_cpu_hotplug_interruptible() != 0))
> +		return err;
> +	err = cpulist_parse(buf, removed_cpus);
> +	if (err) {
> +		unlock_cpu_hotplug();
> +		return err;
> +	}
> +
> +	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
> +	cpu_down_mask(removed_cpus);
> +	return count;
> +}

Shouldn't this make sure that we don't offline all cpus?

Why are you using lock_cpu_hotplug_interruptible instead of
lock_cpu_hotplug?

Why is only the parsing of the cpumask buffer protected by the cpu
hotplug lock?  Shouldn't cpu_down_mask be called with the lock held?

Can cpu_down_mask fail, and if so, shouldn't we be reporting the
error?