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From: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp•com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk•pl>
Cc: "fenghua.yu@intel•com" <fenghua.yu@intel•com>,
	"bp@suse•de" <bp@suse•de>,
	"gregkh@linuxfoundation•org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>,
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	"isimatu.yasuaki@jp•fujitsu.com" <isimatu.yasuaki@jp•fujitsu.com>,
	"mingo@redhat•com" <mingo@redhat•com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] hotplug, powerpc, x86: Remove cpu_hotplug_driver_lock()
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:44:59 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1380141899.14046.18.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7232059.d6LGFPRAoP@vostro.rjw.lan>

On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 08:27 +0000, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thursday, August 29, 2013 06:22:09 PM Toshi Kani wrote:
> > cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() serializes CPU online/offline operations
> > when ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE is set.  This lock interface is no longer
> > necessary with the following reason:
> > 
> >  - lock_device_hotplug() now protects CPU online/offline operations,
> >    including the probe & release interfaces enabled by
> >    ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE.  The use of cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() is
> >    redundant.
> >  - cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() is only valid when ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
> >    is defined, which is misleading and is only enabled on powerpc.
> > 
> > This patch removes the cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() interface.  As
> > a result, ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE only enables / disables the cpu
> > probe & release interface as intended.  There is no functional change
> > in this patch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp•com>
> > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel•com>
> > Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Can you please rebase this patch on top of 3.12-rc2?  It doesn't apply for
> me any more.

Yes, I will send this patch on top of 3.12-rc2.

Thanks,
-Toshi

  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-25 20:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-30  0:22 [PATCH v2 0/4] Unify CPU hotplug lock interface Toshi Kani
2013-08-30  0:22 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] hotplug, x86: Fix online state in cpu0 debug interface Toshi Kani
2013-08-31  0:24   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2013-08-30  0:22 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] hotplug, x86: Add hotplug lock to missing places Toshi Kani
2013-08-30  0:22 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] hotplug, x86: Disable ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE on x86 Toshi Kani
2013-08-30  0:22 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] hotplug, powerpc, x86: Remove cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() Toshi Kani
2013-09-25  8:27   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2013-09-25 20:44     ` Toshi Kani [this message]
2013-08-30  2:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Unify CPU hotplug lock interface Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-08-30 12:14   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2013-08-30 14:35     ` Toshi Kani
2013-08-30 14:33   ` Toshi Kani

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