Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:44:50 +0100 | From | Hendrik Brueckner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] s390/cpum_sf: Fix cpu hotplug notifier transitions |
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 09:51:50AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:52:38AM +0100, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote: > > The cpumf_pmu_notfier() hotplug callback lacks handling of the > > CPU_DOWN_FAILED case. That means, if CPU_DOWN_PREPARE failes, the PMC > > of the CPU is not setup again. Furthermore the CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN case > > will never be processed because of masking the switch expression with > > CPU_TASKS_FROZEN. > > > > Add handling for CPU_DOWN_FAILED transition to setup the PMC of the > > CPU. Remove CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN case. > > > > Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> > > Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> > > Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de> > > --- > > arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > --- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c > > +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c > > @@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static int cpumf_pmu_notifier(struct not > > > > switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) { > > case CPU_ONLINE: > > - case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN: > > + case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
The change looks ok for me.
Acked-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > flags = PMC_INIT; > > smp_call_function_single(cpu, setup_pmc_cpu, &flags, 1); > > break; > > This is a bit odd, but independent from your patch: setup_pmc_cpu() will > only deallocate buffers but not allocate them.
That's right. Allocation is done when an perf event is about to be scheduled on a CPU.
> > Looking at the code a bit further this seems to imply that sampling will > not work on cpus that were added later.
That might be a problem for task-based perf events. I will have a closer look into that issue.
Many thanks.
Kind regards, Hendrik
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