From 86ef5c9a8edd78e6bf92879f32329d89b2d55b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gautham R Shenoy Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:08:02 +0100 Subject: cpu-hotplug: replace lock_cpu_hotplug() with get_online_cpus() Replace all lock_cpu_hotplug/unlock_cpu_hotplug from the kernel and use get_online_cpus and put_online_cpus instead as it highlights the refcount semantics in these operations. The new API guarantees protection against the cpu-hotplug operation, but it doesn't guarantee serialized access to any of the local data structures. Hence the changes needs to be reviewed. In case of pseries_add_processor/pseries_remove_processor, use cpu_maps_update_begin()/cpu_maps_update_done() as we're modifying the cpu_present_map there. Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index a741f658a3c..fb94f5a71b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt @@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ Never use anything other than cpumask_t to represent bitmap of CPUs. for_each_cpu_mask(x,mask) - Iterate over some random collection of cpu mask. #include - lock_cpu_hotplug() and unlock_cpu_hotplug(): + get_online_cpus() and put_online_cpus(): -The above calls are used to inhibit cpu hotplug operations. While holding the -cpucontrol mutex, cpu_online_map will not change. If you merely need to avoid -cpus going away, you could also use preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() -for those sections. Just remember the critical section cannot call any +The above calls are used to inhibit cpu hotplug operations. While the +cpu_hotplug.refcount is non zero, the cpu_online_map will not change. +If you merely need to avoid cpus going away, you could also use +preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() for those sections. +Just remember the critical section cannot call any function that can sleep or schedule this process away. The preempt_disable() will work as long as stop_machine_run() is used to take a cpu down. -- cgit v1.2.3