cpufreq: powernv: Hot-plug safe the kworker thread
authorShilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:41:38 +0000 (01:11 +0530)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Fri, 5 Feb 2016 01:38:02 +0000 (02:38 +0100)
In the kworker_thread powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(), we can end up
sending an IPI to a cpu going offline. This is a rare corner case
which is fixed using {get/put}_online_cpus(). Along with this fix,
this patch adds changes to do oneshot cpumask_{clear/and} operation.

Suggested-by: Shreyas B Prabhu <shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c

index 53f980bf9b77601bb9d63767ddb80936f3f160d3..a271b0fbe8b91eda284b7b18e836285403fb0de9 100644 (file)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
@@ -423,18 +424,19 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct chip *chip = container_of(work, struct chip, throttle);
        unsigned int cpu;
-       cpumask_var_t mask;
+       cpumask_t mask;
 
-       smp_call_function_any(&chip->mask,
+       get_online_cpus();
+       cpumask_and(&mask, &chip->mask, cpu_online_mask);
+       smp_call_function_any(&mask,
                              powernv_cpufreq_throttle_check, NULL, 0);
 
        if (!chip->restore)
-               return;
+               goto out;
 
        chip->restore = false;
-       cpumask_copy(mask, &chip->mask);
-       for_each_cpu_and(cpu, mask, cpu_online_mask) {
-               int index, tcpu;
+       for_each_cpu(cpu, &mask) {
+               int index;
                struct cpufreq_policy policy;
 
                cpufreq_get_policy(&policy, cpu);
@@ -442,9 +444,10 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
                                               policy.cur,
                                               CPUFREQ_RELATION_C, &index);
                powernv_cpufreq_target_index(&policy, index);
-               for_each_cpu(tcpu, policy.cpus)
-                       cpumask_clear_cpu(tcpu, mask);
+               cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy.cpus);
        }
+out:
+       put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 static char throttle_reason[][30] = {