There is no harm to hold sparse_irq lock until the upcoming CPU completes in cpuhp_online_idle(). This allows to remove cpu_online() synchronization from architecture code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cpu.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/cpu.c +++ b/kernel/cpu.c @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int cpuhp_kick_ap(int cpu, struct return ret; } -static int bringup_wait_for_ap(unsigned int cpu) +static int bringup_wait_for_ap_online(unsigned int cpu) { struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = per_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state, cpu); @@ -579,15 +579,12 @@ static int bringup_wait_for_ap(unsigned */ if (!cpu_smt_allowed(cpu)) return -ECANCELED; - - if (st->target <= CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE) - return 0; - - return cpuhp_kick_ap(cpu, st, st->target); + return 0; } static int bringup_cpu(unsigned int cpu) { + struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = per_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state, cpu); struct task_struct *idle = idle_thread_get(cpu); int ret; @@ -606,10 +603,23 @@ static int bringup_cpu(unsigned int cpu) /* Arch-specific enabling code. */ ret = __cpu_up(cpu, idle); - irq_unlock_sparse(); if (ret) - return ret; - return bringup_wait_for_ap(cpu); + goto out_unlock; + + ret = bringup_wait_for_ap_online(cpu); + if (ret) + goto out_unlock; + + irq_unlock_sparse(); + + if (st->target <= CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE) + return 0; + + return cpuhp_kick_ap(cpu, st, st->target); + +out_unlock: + irq_unlock_sparse(); + return ret; } static int finish_cpu(unsigned int cpu)