Re: [PATCH v9 05/12] x86, hotplug, suspend: Online CPU0 for suspend or hibernate

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday 12 of October 2012 09:09:42 Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Because x86 BIOS requires CPU0 to resume from sleep, suspend or hibernate can't
> be executed if CPU0 is detected offline. To make suspend or hibernate and
> further resume succeed, CPU0 must be online.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/power/cpu.c |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/power/cpu.c b/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
> index 218cdb1..adde775 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/power/cpu.c
> @@ -237,3 +237,47 @@ void restore_processor_state(void)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(restore_processor_state);
>  #endif
> +
> +/*
> + * When bsp_check() is called in hibernate and suspend, cpu hotplug
> + * is disabled already. So it's unnessary to handle race condition between
> + * cpumask query and cpu hotplug.
> + */
> +static int bsp_check(void)
> +{
> +	if (cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask) != 0) {
> +		pr_warn("CPU0 is offline.\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int bsp_pm_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> +			   void *ptr)
> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	switch (action) {
> +	case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE:
> +	case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
> +		ret = bsp_check();
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		break;
> +	}
> +	return notifier_from_errno(ret);
> +}
> +

I wonder if there's anything preventing CPU0 from becoming offline after you've
done this check and before user space is frozen?

Rafael


> +static int __init bsp_pm_check_init(void)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Set this bsp_pm_callback as lower priority than
> +	 * cpu_hotplug_pm_callback. So cpu_hotplug_pm_callback will be called
> +	 * earlier to disable cpu hotplug before bsp online check.
> +	 */
> +	pm_notifier(bsp_pm_callback, -INT_MAX);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +core_initcall(bsp_pm_check_init);
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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