}
printk(KERN_NOTICE "CPU%u: shutdown\n", cpu);
+ /*
+ * platform_cpu_kill() is generally expected to do the powering off
+ * and/or cutting of clocks to the dying CPU. Optionally, this may
+ * be done by the CPU which is dying in preference to supporting
+ * this call, but that means there is _no_ synchronisation between
+ * the requesting CPU and the dying CPU actually losing power.
+ */
if (!platform_cpu_kill(cpu))
printk("CPU%u: unable to kill\n", cpu);
}
idle_task_exit();
local_irq_disable();
- mb();
- /* Tell __cpu_die() that this CPU is now safe to dispose of */
+ /*
+ * Flush the data out of the L1 cache for this CPU. This must be
+ * before the completion to ensure that data is safely written out
+ * before platform_cpu_kill() gets called - which may disable
+ * *this* CPU and power down its cache.
+ */
+ flush_cache_louis();
+
+ /*
+ * Tell __cpu_die() that this CPU is now safe to dispose of. Once
+ * this returns, power and/or clocks can be removed at any point
+ * from this CPU and its cache by platform_cpu_kill().
+ */
RCU_NONIDLE(complete(&cpu_died));
/*
- * actual CPU shutdown procedure is at least platform (if not
- * CPU) specific.
+ * Ensure that the cache lines associated with that completion are
+ * written out. This covers the case where _this_ CPU is doing the
+ * powering down, to ensure that the completion is visible to the
+ * CPU waiting for this one.
+ */
+ flush_cache_louis();
+
+ /*
+ * The actual CPU shutdown procedure is at least platform (if not
+ * CPU) specific. This may remove power, or it may simply spin.
+ *
+ * Platforms are generally expected *NOT* to return from this call,
+ * although there are some which do because they have no way to
+ * power down the CPU. These platforms are the _only_ reason we
+ * have a return path which uses the fragment of assembly below.
+ *
+ * The return path should not be used for platforms which can
+ * power off the CPU.
*/
if (smp_ops.cpu_die)
smp_ops.cpu_die(cpu);