Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] Cleanup ipi_call_lock[_irq]()/ipi_call_unlock[_irq]() | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Tue, 29 May 2012 10:28:35 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 15:15 +0800, Yong Zhang wrote: > As discussed with Srivatsa [1], it seems there is no need to keep > ipi_call_[un]lock_irq() when cpu bring-up/down. Because: > > 1) call_function.lock used in smp_call_function_many() is just to protect > call_function.queue and &data->refs, cpu_online_mask is outside of the > lock. And it's not necessary to protect cpu_online_mask, > because data->cpumask is pre-calculate and even if a cpu is brougt up > when calling arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(), it's harmless because > validation test in generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() will take care > of it. > > 2) For cpu down issue, stop_machine() will guarantee that no concurrent > smp_call_fuction() is processing.
But that lock was only taken around setting a cpu online, so the offline case is pretty much irrelevant for these patches, right?
That said, is there an alternative to stop_machine on the down side?
I guess flipping the cpu offline and then doing synchronize_sched() should suffice.
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