From 3ba35573ad9a149a3af19625b502679283382f6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manfred Spraul Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:58:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] kernel/cpu.c: Move the CPU_DYING notifiers When a cpu is taken offline, the CPU_DYING notifiers are called on the dying cpu. According to , the cpu should be "not running any task, not handling interrupts, soon dead". For the current implementation, this is not true: - __cpu_disable can fail. If it fails, then the cpu will remain alive and happy. - At least on x86, __cpu_disable() briefly enables the local interrupts to handle any outstanding interrupts. What about moving CPU_DYING down a few lines, behind the __cpu_disable() line? There are only two CPU_DYING handlers in the kernel right now: one in kvm, one in the scheduler. Both should work with the patch applied [and: I'm not sure if either one handles a failing __cpu_disable()] The patch survives simple offlining a cpu. kvm untested due to lack of a test setup. Signed-off-By: Manfred Spraul Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/cpu.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c index f17e9854c24..9e7ebde1331 100644 --- a/kernel/cpu.c +++ b/kernel/cpu.c @@ -199,13 +199,14 @@ static int __ref take_cpu_down(void *_param) struct take_cpu_down_param *param = _param; int err; - raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_DYING | param->mod, - param->hcpu); /* Ensure this CPU doesn't handle any more interrupts. */ err = __cpu_disable(); if (err < 0) return err; + raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_DYING | param->mod, + param->hcpu); + /* Force idle task to run as soon as we yield: it should immediately notice cpu is offline and die quickly. */ sched_idle_next();