* Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 01:15:15PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> > * Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > How about having smp_init() call into arch code to query whether
> > > it should bring up a not-already-online CPU? Architectures that
> > > want to do something special can then make the decision there and
> > > everyone else can define the test completely away.
> >
> > So this is exactly what I'm doing. The ia64 patch has this hunk:
> >
> > @@ -820,6 +824,9 @@ __cpu_up (unsigned int cpu)
> > if (cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map))
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > + if (!cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_enabled_map))
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > per_cpu(cpu_state, cpu) = CPU_UP_PREPARE;
> > /* Processor goes to start_secondary(), sets online flag */
> > ret = do_boot_cpu(sapicid, cpu);
> >
> > That was the easiest, most-straightforward solution I could think
> > of. If you have an idea for a version with lower taxes (doesn't
> > touch all the archs or can be #define'd out), I'm happy to hear
> > it.
>
> I think I did make a suggestion in the bit you quote from me above.
>
> Let me be more explicit:
Thanks, sorry for being dense.
> static void __init smp_init(void)
> {
> unsigned int cpu;
>
> /* FIXME: This should be done in userspace --RR */
> for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
> if (num_online_cpus() >= setup_max_cpus)
> break;
> - if (!cpu_online(cpu))
> + if (smp_cpu_enabled(cpu) && !cpu_online(cpu))
> cpu_up(cpu);
> }
>
> /* Any cleanup work */
> printk(KERN_INFO "Brought up %ld CPUs\n", (long)num_online_cpus());
> smp_cpus_done(setup_max_cpus);
> }
>
> and have architectures provide 'smp_cpu_enabled(cpu)' which can either
> be a function, inline function or a macro (and therefore possible to be
> completely eliminated.)
Yup, this is nicer. I'll try this.
/ac
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