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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc: use device_online/offline() instead of cpu_up/down()
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 03:41:34PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> In powerpc pseries platform dlpar operations, Use device_online() and
> device_offline() instead of cpu_up() and cpu_down().
>
> Calling cpu_up/down directly does not update the cpu device offline
> field, which is used to online/offline a cpu from sysfs. Calling
> device_online/offline instead keeps the sysfs cpu online value correct.
> The hotplug lock, which is required to be held when calling
> device_online/offline, is already held when dlpar_online/offline_cpu
> are called, since they are called only from cpu_probe|release_store.
>
> This patch fixes errors on PowerVM systems that have cpu(s) added/removed
> using dlpar operations; without this patch, the
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online nodes do not correctly show the
> online state of added/removed cpus.

Verified the patch to be working as expected when I online and offline
CPUs of a PowerKVM guest using QEMU (plus my RFC hotplug patchset for
QEMU)

Regards,
Bharata.



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