[PATCH] irqchip: gic: Don't complain in gic_get_cpumask() if UP system

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On 07/17, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > On 07/17/13 15:53, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 07/17/13 15:34, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 07/12/13 05:10, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >>>>> On 07/12, Javi Merino wrote:
> > >>>>>> I agree, we should drop the check.  It's annoying in uniprocessors and
> > >>>>>> unlikely to be found in the real world unless your gic entry in the dt
> > >>>>>> is wrong.
> > >>> And that's a likely outcome in the real world.
> > >>>
> > >>>>> Ok. How about this?
> > >>>> Any comments?
> > >>> What about this instead:
> > >> Unfortunately arm64 doesn't have SMP_ON_UP. 
> > > And why does that matter?
> > 
> > Because the gic driver is compiled on both arm and arm64? I suppose we
> > could define is_smp() to 1 on arm64 but its probably better to rely on
> > generic kernel things instead of arch specific functions.
> > 
> > >
> > >> It sounds like you preferred the first patch using num_possible_cpus()
> > > Probably, yes.  I didn't follow the early conversation though.
> > 
> > This was the first patch:
> > 
> > ---8<----
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> > index 19ceaa6..589c760 100644
> > --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> > @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static u8 gic_get_cpumask(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
> >  			break;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	if (!mask)
> > +	if (!mask && num_possible_cpus() > 1)
> >  		pr_crit("GIC CPU mask not found - kernel will fail to boot.\n");
> >  
> >  	return mask;
> 
> Can one of these two patches be picked up?

Sure.  Just send it to RMK's patch system with my ACK.


Nicolas