On Monday, August 12, 2013 01:34:31 PM Toshi Kani wrote:
> lock_device_hotplug() serializes hotplug & online/offline operations.
> The lock is held in common sysfs online/offline interfaces and ACPI
> hotplug code paths.
>
> try_offline_node() off-lines a node if all memory sections and cpus
> are removed on the node. It is called from acpi_processor_remove()
> and acpi_memory_remove_memory()->remove_memory() paths, both of which
> are in the ACPI hotplug code.
>
> try_offline_node() calls stop_machine() to stop all cpus while checking
> all cpu status with the assumption that the caller is not protected from
> CPU hotplug or CPU online/offline operations. However, the caller is
> always serialized with lock_device_hotplug(). Also, the code needs to
> be properly serialized with a lock, not by stopping all cpus at a random
> place with stop_machine().
>
> This patch removes the use of stop_machine() in try_offline_node() and
> adds comments to try_offline_node() and remove_memory() that
> lock_device_hotplug() is required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index ca1dd3a..0b4b0f7 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1674,9 +1674,8 @@ static int is_memblock_offlined_cb(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static int check_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> +static int check_cpu_on_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> {
> - struct pglist_data *pgdat = data;
> int cpu;
>
> for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
> @@ -1691,10 +1690,9 @@ static int check_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void unmap_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> +static void unmap_cpu_on_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA
> - struct pglist_data *pgdat = data;
> int cpu;
>
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> @@ -1703,10 +1701,11 @@ static void unmap_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> #endif
> }
>
> -static int check_and_unmap_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> +static int check_and_unmap_cpu_on_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> {
> - int ret = check_cpu_on_node(data);
> + int ret;
>
> + ret = check_cpu_on_node(pgdat);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> @@ -1715,11 +1714,18 @@ static int check_and_unmap_cpu_on_node(void *data)
> * the cpu_to_node() now.
> */
>
> - unmap_cpu_on_node(data);
> + unmap_cpu_on_node(pgdat);
> return 0;
> }
>
> -/* offline the node if all memory sections of this node are removed */
> +/**
> + * try_offline_node
> + *
> + * Offline a node if all memory sections and cpus of the node are removed.
> + *
> + * NOTE: The caller must call lock_device_hotplug() to serialize hotplug
> + * and online/offline operations before this call.
> + */
> void try_offline_node(int nid)
> {
> pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> @@ -1745,7 +1751,7 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
> return;
> }
>
> - if (stop_machine(check_and_unmap_cpu_on_node, pgdat, NULL))
> + if (check_and_unmap_cpu_on_node(pgdat))
> return;
>
> /*
> @@ -1782,6 +1788,13 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_offline_node);
>
> +/**
> + * remove_memory
> + *
> + * NOTE: The caller must call lock_device_hotplug() to serialize hotplug
> + * and online/offline operations before this call, as required by
> + * try_offline_node().
> + */
> void __ref remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> {
> int ret;
--
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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