===================================================================
@@ -857,8 +857,22 @@ static int acpi_processor_handle_eject(s
return ret;
}
+ get_online_cpus();
+ /*
+ * The cpu might become online again at this point. So we check whether
+ * the cpu has been onlined or not. If the cpu became online, it means
+ * that someone wants to use the cpu. So acpi_processor_handle_eject()
+ * returns -EAGAIN.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(cpu_online(pr->id))) {
+ put_online_cpus();
+ pr_warn("Failed to remove CPU %d, because other task "
+ "brought the CPU back online\n", pr->id);
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
arch_unregister_cpu(pr->id);
acpi_unmap_lsapic(pr->id);
+ put_online_cpus();
return ret;
}
#else
===================================================================
@@ -343,11 +343,13 @@ static int __cpuinit _cpu_up(unsigned in
unsigned long mod = tasks_frozen ? CPU_TASKS_FROZEN : 0;
struct task_struct *idle;
- if (cpu_online(cpu) || !cpu_present(cpu))
- return -EINVAL;
-
cpu_hotplug_begin();
+ if (cpu_online(cpu) || !cpu_present(cpu)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
idle = idle_thread_get(cpu);
if (IS_ERR(idle)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(idle);
Even if acpi_processor_handle_eject() offlines cpu, there is a chance to online the cpu after that. So the patch closes the window by using get/put_online_cpus(). Why does the patch change _cpu_up() logic? The patch cares the race of hot-remove cpu and _cpu_up(). If the patch does not change it, there is the following race. hot-remove cpu | _cpu_up() ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ call acpi_processor_handle_eject() | call cpu_down() | call get_online_cpus() | | call cpu_hotplug_begin() and stop here call arch_unregister_cpu() | call acpi_unmap_lsapic() | call put_online_cpus() | | start and continue _cpu_up() return acpi_processor_remove() | continue hot-remove the cpu | So _cpu_up() can continue to itself. And hot-remove cpu can also continue itself. If the patch changes _cpu_up() logic, the race disappears as below: hot-remove cpu | _cpu_up() ----------------------------------------------------------------------- call acpi_processor_handle_eject() | call cpu_down() | call get_online_cpus() | | call cpu_hotplug_begin() and stop here call arch_unregister_cpu() | call acpi_unmap_lsapic() | cpu's cpu_present is set | to false by set_cpu_present()| call put_online_cpus() | | start _cpu_up() | check cpu_present() and return -EINVAL return acpi_processor_remove() | continue hot-remove the cpu | Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> --- drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ kernel/cpu.c | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html