Re: [PATCH] PM / Hibernate: remove duplicate disable_nonboot_cpus()

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 04:20:15 PM Stephen Warren wrote:
> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
> 
> Within hibernate.c, hibernation_platform_enter() is only called from
> power_down(), which in turn is only called by hibernate() after having
> called hibernation_snapshot(), which in turn calls create_image() which
> in turn calls disable_nonboot_cpus().
> 
> Elsewhere, snapshot_ioctl() allows hibernation_snapshot() and
> hibernation_platform_enter() to be invoked via separate IOCTLs, but I
> assume the rule is that SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE must be executed before
> IOCTL SNAPSHOT_POWER_OFF, and hence the same ordering applies.
> 
> This means that disable_nonboot_cpus() must have been called already
> before hibernation_platform_enter() is entered, and hence the call there
> is redundant, so remove it.

No, it isn't.  This is a different stage of hibernation and
enable_nonboot_cpus() is called before.

It works like this: First, before creating the image, the complete "freeze"
sequence is carried out which includes disable_nonboot_cpus().  Then, the
image is created and the complete "thaw" sequence is carried out which includes
enable_nonboot_cpus().  Next, the image is saved and finally the memory taken
up by it is freed and hibernation_platform_enter() is called.  Roughly.

Thanks,
Rafael


> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
> ---
> Note: I have compile-tested this on x86-64, but have not attempted to test
> it in any way; I'm proposing this patch following code inspection.
> ---
>  kernel/power/hibernate.c |    5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> index b26f5f1..4ddeacc 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> @@ -537,10 +537,6 @@ int hibernation_platform_enter(void)
>  	if (error)
>  		goto Platform_finish;
>  
> -	error = disable_nonboot_cpus();
> -	if (error)
> -		goto Platform_finish;
> -
>  	local_irq_disable();
>  	syscore_suspend();
>  	if (pm_wakeup_pending()) {
> @@ -555,7 +551,6 @@ int hibernation_platform_enter(void)
>   Power_up:
>  	syscore_resume();
>  	local_irq_enable();
> -	enable_nonboot_cpus();
>  
>   Platform_finish:
>  	hibernation_ops->finish();
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.