@@ -113,29 +113,58 @@ void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Called by kexec, immediately prior to machine_kexec().
+ *
+ * This must completely disable all secondary CPUs; simply causing those CPUs
+ * to execute e.g. a RAM-based pin loop is not sufficient. This allows the
+ * kexec'd kernel to use any and all RAM as it sees fit, without having to
+ * avoid any code or data used by any SW CPU pin loop. The CPU hotplug
+ * functionality embodied in disable_nonboot_cpus() to achieve this.
+ */
void machine_shutdown(void)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- smp_send_stop();
-#endif
+ disable_nonboot_cpus();
}
+/*
+ * Halting simply requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any
+ * activity (executing tasks, handling interrupts). smp_send_stop()
+ * achieves this.
+ */
void machine_halt(void)
{
- machine_shutdown();
+ smp_send_stop();
while (1);
}
+/*
+ * Power-off simply requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any
+ * activity (executing tasks, handling interrupts). smp_send_stop()
+ * achieves this. When the system power is turned off, it will take all CPUs
+ * with it.
+ */
void machine_power_off(void)
{
- machine_shutdown();
+ smp_send_stop();
if (pm_power_off)
pm_power_off();
}
+/*
+ * Restart requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any activity
+ * while the primary CPU resets the system. Systems with a single CPU can
+ * use soft_restart() as their machine descriptor's .restart hook, since that
+ * will cause the only available CPU to reset. Systems with multiple CPUs must
+ * provide a HW restart implementation, to ensure that all CPUs reset at once.
+ * This is required so that any code running after reset on the primary CPU
+ * doesn't have to co-ordinate with other CPUs to ensure they aren't still
+ * executing pre-reset code, and using RAM that the primary CPU's code wishes
+ * to use. Implementing such co-ordination would be essentially impossible.
+ */
void machine_restart(char *cmd)
{
- machine_shutdown();
+ smp_send_stop();
/* Disable interrupts first */
local_irq_disable();