Re: [patch 2/8] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c: avoid cross-CPU interrupts by using smp_call_function_any()

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:41:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

 > diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c~arch-x86-kernel-cpu-cpufreq-acpi-cpufreqc-avoid-cross-cpu-interrupts-by-using-smp_call_function_any arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c~arch-x86-kernel-cpu-cpufreq-acpi-cpufreqc-avoid-cross-cpu-interrupts-by-using-smp_call_function_any
 > +++ a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
 > @@ -192,9 +192,11 @@ static void do_drv_write(void *_cmd)
 >  
 >  static void drv_read(struct drv_cmd *cmd)
 >  {
 > +	int err;
 >  	cmd->val = 0;
 >  
 > -	smp_call_function_single(cpumask_any(cmd->mask), do_drv_read, cmd, 1);
 > +	err = smp_call_function_any(cmd->mask, do_drv_read, cmd, 1);
 > +	WARN_ON_ONCE(err);	/* smp_call_function_any() was buggy? */
 >  }
 >  
 >  static void drv_write(struct drv_cmd *cmd)

I'm ok with this going in, but I still wonder if we could have done it
all a lot easier, by making cpumask_any pick the current cpu if it was
in the mask instead of introducing yet another variant to an already
enormous api.

	Dave

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