[RFC patch] powerpc: Add topology_ready to machdep calls
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Feb 12 15:21:09 EST 2009
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 15:30 -0800, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Add a new member topology_ready to the powerpc machdep_calls
> structure.
>
> The NUMA hot plug memory routines require the NUMA node to have
> been registered via register_one_node() prior to adding memory
> to the node. The powerpc arch registers NUMA nodes during
> startup in its topology_init() routine.
>
> Currently, there is no mechanism for the platform code to know
> when the nodes have been registered, and hence, when it is safe
> to add hot plug memory.
No objection other than the confusion with the /* Optional may be NULL
*/ comment above the line you added that becomes weirdly placed since
it applies, I think, to show_cpuinfo.
Cheers,
Ben.
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h | 1 +
> arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct machdep_calls {
> void (*setup_arch)(void); /* Optional, may be NULL */
> void (*init_early)(void);
> /* Optional, may be NULL. */
> + void (*topology_ready)(void); /* Optional, may be NULL */
> void (*show_cpuinfo)(struct seq_file *m);
> void (*show_percpuinfo)(struct seq_file *m, int i);
>
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
> @@ -647,6 +647,9 @@ static int __init topology_init(void)
> register_cpu_online(cpu);
> }
>
> + if (ppc_md.topology_ready)
> + ppc_md.topology_ready();
> +
> return 0;
> }
> subsys_initcall(topology_init);
>
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