Once stop_machine() is gone from the CPU offline path, we won't be able to depend on preempt_disable() or local_irq_disable() to prevent CPUs from going offline from under us. Use the get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs to prevent CPUs from going offline, while invoking from atomic context. Cc: Richard Kuo <rkuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-hexagon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c index 8e095df..ec87de9 100644 --- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/smp.c @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void send_ipi(const struct cpumask *cpumask, enum ipi_message_type msg) unsigned long cpu; unsigned long retval; + get_online_cpus_atomic(); local_irq_save(flags); for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) { @@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ void send_ipi(const struct cpumask *cpumask, enum ipi_message_type msg) } local_irq_restore(flags); + put_online_cpus_atomic(); } static struct irqaction ipi_intdesc = { @@ -241,9 +243,12 @@ void smp_send_reschedule(int cpu) void smp_send_stop(void) { struct cpumask targets; + + get_online_cpus_atomic(); cpumask_copy(&targets, cpu_online_mask); cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &targets); send_ipi(&targets, IPI_CPU_STOP); + put_online_cpus_atomic(); } void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html