Even if cpu_down() fails, acpi_processor_remove() continues to remove the cpu. But in this case, it should return error number since some process may run on the cpu. If the cpu has a running process and the cpu is turned the power off, the system may not work well. Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.6-rc7/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.6-rc7.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c 2012-09-24 10:10:57.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.6-rc7/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c 2012-09-28 19:16:33.207858261 +0900 @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ err_free_pr: static int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type) { struct acpi_processor *pr = NULL; - + int ret; if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device)) return -EINVAL; @@ -616,8 +616,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_remove(struct goto free; if (type == ACPI_BUS_REMOVAL_EJECT) { - if (acpi_processor_handle_eject(pr)) - return -EINVAL; + ret = acpi_processor_handle_eject(pr); + if (ret) + return ret; } acpi_processor_power_exit(pr, device); @@ -848,12 +849,17 @@ static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd static int acpi_processor_handle_eject(struct acpi_processor *pr) { - if (cpu_online(pr->id)) - cpu_down(pr->id); + int ret = 0; + + if (cpu_online(pr->id)) { + ret = cpu_down(pr->id); + if (ret) + return ret; + } arch_unregister_cpu(pr->id); acpi_unmap_lsapic(pr->id); - return (0); + return ret; } #else static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd_init(struct acpi_processor *pr) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html