Re: [PATCH 08/10] SPARC: smp: remove call to ipi_call_lock_irq()/ipi_call_unlock_irq()

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Tue May 29 2012 - 04:12:26 EST


On 05/29/2012 12:46 PM, Yong Zhang wrote:

> From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 1) call_function.lock used in smp_call_function_many() is just to protect
> call_function.queue and &data->refs, cpu_online_mask is outside of the
> lock. And it's not necessary to protect cpu_online_mask,
> because data->cpumask is pre-calculate and even if a cpu is brougt up
> when calling arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(), it's harmless because
> validation test in generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() will take care
> of it.
>
> 2) For cpu down issue, stop_machine() will guarantee that no concurrent
> smp_call_fuction() is processing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c | 6 ++----
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
> index f591598..60e745c 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
> @@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ void __cpuinit smp_callin(void)
> while (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpuid, &smp_commenced_mask))
> rmb();
>
> - ipi_call_lock_irq();
> + local_irq_disable();


This looks odd. IRQs must not have been enabled at this point.
Just remove the call to local_irq_enable() that is found a few lines above
this line and then you won't have to add this call to local_irq_disable().

> set_cpu_online(cpuid, true);
> - ipi_call_unlock_irq();
> + local_irq_enable();
>

> /* idle thread is expected to have preempt disabled */

> preempt_disable();
> @@ -1308,9 +1308,7 @@ int __cpu_disable(void)
> mdelay(1);
> local_irq_disable();
>
> - ipi_call_lock();
> set_cpu_online(cpu, false);
> - ipi_call_unlock();
>
> cpu_map_rebuild();
>



Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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