Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753420Ab2E2HSM (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2012 03:18:12 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:50086 "EHLO mail-vc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753282Ab2E2HSI (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2012 03:18:08 -0400 From: Yong Zhang To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org, sshtylyov@mvista.com, david.daney@cavium.com, nikunj@linux.vnet.ibm.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, axboe@kernel.dk, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: [RFC PATCH 09/10] POWERPC: smp: remove call to ipi_call_lock()/ipi_call_unlock() Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 15:16:04 +0800 Message-Id: <1338275765-3217-10-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.5.4 In-Reply-To: <1338275765-3217-1-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com> References: <1338275765-3217-1-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1691 Lines: 49 From: Yong Zhang 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 Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org --- arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c index e4cb343..e1417c4 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c @@ -571,7 +571,6 @@ void __devinit start_secondary(void *unused) if (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) vdso_data->processorCount++; #endif - ipi_call_lock(); notify_cpu_starting(cpu); set_cpu_online(cpu, true); /* Update sibling maps */ @@ -601,7 +600,6 @@ void __devinit start_secondary(void *unused) of_node_put(np); } of_node_put(l2_cache); - ipi_call_unlock(); local_irq_enable(); -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/