Re: [PATCH] acpi : Add container online uevent to acpi_bus_attach

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Hi Rafael, 

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 01:38:37AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:16:43 PM Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> > (2014/09/08 6:34), Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Friday, September 05, 2014 03:57:43 PM Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> > >> Container online uevent was deleted by "46394fd01 : ACPI / hotplug:
> > >> Move container-specific code out of the core" because container-
> > >> specific uevent is raised to udev by attaching container device.
> > >> But the container-specific uevent is not useful.
> > >>
> > >> In my box, conainer device has CPU and memory devices. In this case,
> > >> when hot adding container device, the following uevets are raised to
> > >> udev.
> > >>
> > >>    # udevadm monitor --kernel
> > >>    monitor will print the received events for:
> > >>    KERNEL - the kernel uevent
> > >>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/container/ACPI0004:01 (container)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2048 (memory)
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2049 (memory)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2063 (memory)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu60 (cpu)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu119 (cpu)
> > >>
> > >> When udev catches the container add uevent in my box, udev executes
> > >> user land script for onlining all child's devices. But memory and CPU
> > >> devices have not been attached at this time. So user land script fails.
> > >>
> > >> One of solutions is that user land script waits for all child's devices
> > >> to attach. But user land script has no way to know all child's devices
> > >> were attached.
> > >>
> > >> So the patch adds container online uevent to acpi_bus_sttach(). By
> > >> applying
> > >> the patch, container online uevent is raised to udev after all child's
> > >> devices were attached as follows:
> > >>
> > >>    # udevadm monitor --kernel
> > >>    monitor will print the received events for:
> > >>    KERNEL - the kernel uevent
> > >>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/container/ACPI0004:01 (container)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2048 (memory)
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2049 (memory)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2063 (memory)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu60 (cpu)
> > >>    <snip>
> > >>    KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu119 (cpu)
> > >>    KERNEL[...] online   /devices/system/container/ACPI0004:01 (container)
> > >>
> > >> So if user land script is executed after raising the container online
> > >> uevent, it guarantees that all child's devices were attached.
> > >
> > > I see the problem, but I don't like the patch.
> > >
> > > For example, we don't need to match the container's name again, we can use
> > > the fact that we've already matched the container scan handler to it.
> > >
> > > Does the one below work too?
> > 
> > Hi Rafael,
> > 
> > Thank you for posting your patch. I confirmed that your patch fixed my issue
> > as folloes:
> > 
> > # udevadm monitor --kernel
> > monitor will print the received events for:
> > KERNEL - the kernel uevent
> > 
> > KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/container/ACPI0004:01 (container)
> > <snip>
> > KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2048 (memory)
> > <snip>
> > KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/memory/memory2063 (memory)
> > <snip>
> > KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu60 (cpu)
> > <snip>
> > KERNEL[...] add      /devices/system/cpu/cpu119 (cpu)
> > KERNEL[...] online   /devices/system/container/ACPI0004:01 (container)
> > 
> > So feel free to  add "Tested-by : Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> > to the patch.
> 
> Thanks!
>

I just tested your new patch, it works on my side as Yasuaki's patch. 

Tested-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@xxxxxxxx>


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee 
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