[PATCH v7 01/16] ACPI: processor: Simplify initial onlining to use same path for cold and hotplug
Gavin Shan
gshan at redhat.com
Fri Apr 26 02:23:19 PDT 2024
On 4/18/24 23:53, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Separate code paths, combined with a flag set in acpi_processor.c to
> indicate a struct acpi_processor was for a hotplugged CPU ensured that
> per CPU data was only set up the first time that a CPU was initialized.
> This appears to be unnecessary as the paths can be combined by letting
> the online logic also handle any CPUs online at the time of driver load.
>
> Motivation for this change, beyond simplification, is that ARM64
> virtual CPU HP uses the same code paths for hotplug and cold path in
> acpi_processor.c so had no easy way to set the flag for hotplug only.
> Removing this necessity will enable ARM64 vCPU HP to reuse the existing
> code paths.
>
> Leave noisy pr_info() in place but update it to not state the CPU
> was hotplugged.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron at huawei.com>
>
> ---
> v7: No change.
> v6: New patch.
> RFT: I have very limited test resources for x86 and other
> architectures that may be affected by this change.
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c | 1 -
> drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 44 ++++++++++-----------------------
> include/acpi/processor.h | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>
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