Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] smpboot: Add smpboot state variables instead of reusing CPU hotplug states | From | Daniel Wagner <> | Date | Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:34:00 +0100 |
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Hi Paul,
On 11/07/2015 08:17 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:32:44PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote: >> The cpu hotplug state machine in smpboot.c is reusing the states from >> cpu.h. That is confusing when it comes to the CPU_DEAD_FROZEN usage. >> Paul explained to me that he was in need of an additional state >> for destinguishing between a CPU error states. For this he just >> picked CPU_DEAD_FROZEN. >> >> 8038dad7e888581266c76df15d70ca457a3c5910 smpboot: Add common code for notification from dying CPU >> 2a442c9c6453d3d043dfd89f2e03a1deff8a6f06 x86: Use common outgoing-CPU-notification code >> >> Instead of reusing the states, let's add new definition inside >> the smpboot.c file with explenation what those states >> mean. Thanks Paul for providing them. >> >> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de> > > Apologies for the delay, I didn't realize that you were waiting on me.
No apology needed. I didn't express my wish explicitly. I'll post it again after the merge window is closed.
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thanks, Daniel
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