Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] Rename lock_cpu_hotplug to get_online_cpus

[Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>]

Hi Nathan, 
> Hi Gautham-
> 
> Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > Replace all lock_cpu_hotplug/unlock_cpu_hotplug from the kernel and use 
> > get_online_cpus and put_online_cpus instead as it highlights
> > the refcount semantics in these operations.
> 
> Something other than "get_online_cpus", please?  lock_cpu_hotplug()
> protects cpu_present_map as well as cpu_online_map.  For example, some
> of the powerpc code modified in this patch is made a bit less clear
> because it is manipulating cpu_present_map, not cpu_online_map.

A quick look at the code, and I am wondering why is lock_cpu_hotplug()
used there in the first place. It doesn't look like we require any 
protection against cpus coming up/ going down in the code below, 
since the cpu-hotplug operation doesn't affect the cpu_present_map. 

Can't we use another mutex here instead of the cpu_hotplug mutex here ?


> 
> 
> > Index: linux-2.6.23/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.23.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.23/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> > @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int pseries_add_processor(struct 
> >  	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++)
> >  		cpu_set(i, tmp);
> >  
> > -	lock_cpu_hotplug();
> > +	get_online_cpus();
> >  
> >  	BUG_ON(!cpus_subset(cpu_present_map, cpu_possible_map));
> >  
> > @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int pseries_add_processor(struct 
> >  	}
> >  	err = 0;
> >  out_unlock:
> > -	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
> > +	put_online_cpus();
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void pseries_remove_processor(str
> >  
> >  	nthreads = len / sizeof(u32);
> >  
> > -	lock_cpu_hotplug();
> > +	get_online_cpus();
> >  	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
> >  		for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
> >  			if (get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu) != intserv[i])
> > @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void pseries_remove_processor(str
> >  			printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not find cpu to remove "
> >  			       "with physical id 0x%x\n", intserv[i]);
> >  	}
> > -	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
> > +	put_online_cpus();
> >  }


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Gautham R Shenoy
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