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Re: [PATCH v2] arm, hw-breakpoint: Remove superfluous SMP function call

From Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2] arm, hw-breakpoint: Remove superfluous SMP function call
Date 2016-04-07 13:40 +0200
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On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 10:40:30AM +0200, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> Since commit 1cf4f629d9d2 ("cpu/hotplug: Move online calls to
> hotplugged cpu") it is ensured that callbacks of CPU_ONLINE and
> CPU_DOWN_PREPARE are processed on the hotplugged CPU. Due to this SMP
> function calls are no longer required.
> 
> Replace smp_call_function_single() with a direct call of
> reset_ctrl_regs(). To keep the calling convention, interrupts are
> explicitly disabled around the call.
> 
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
> @@ -1023,8 +1023,11 @@ static void reset_ctrl_regs(void *unused
>  static int dbg_reset_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
>  				      unsigned long action, void *cpu)
>  {
> -	if ((action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) == CPU_ONLINE)
> -		smp_call_function_single((int)cpu, reset_ctrl_regs, NULL, 1);
> +	if ((action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) == CPU_ONLINE) {
> +		local_irq_disable();
> +		reset_ctrl_regs(NULL);
> +		local_irq_enable();
> +	}
>  
>  	return NOTIFY_OK;
>  }

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

Will

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[PATCH v2] arm, hw-breakpoint: Remove superfluous SMP function call Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de> - 2016-04-06 10:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] arm, hw-breakpoint: Remove superfluous SMP function  call Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-04-07 13:40 +0200

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