[PATCH v5 2/5] powerpc/85xx: add HOTPLUG_CPU support

Zhao Chenhui chenhui.zhao at freescale.com
Tue Jun 5 21:18:23 EST 2012


On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 11:32:47AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On 06/04/2012 06:04 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 04:27:27PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> >> On 05/11/2012 06:53 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> >>> -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
> >>> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
> >>
> >> Let's not grow lists like this.  Is there any harm in building it
> >> unconditionally?
> >>
> >> -Scott
> > 
> > We need this ifdef. We only set give_timebase/take_timebase
> > when CONFIG_KEXEC or CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is defined.
> 
> If we really need this to be a compile-time decision, make a new symbol
> for it, but I really think this should be decided at runtime.  Just
> because we have kexec or hotplug support enabled doesn't mean that's
> actually what we're doing at the moment.
> 
> -Scott

If user does not enable kexec or hotplug, these codes are redundant.
So use CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU to gard them.

-Chenhui



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