Simplify stop_machine

stop_machine creates a kthread which creates kernel threads.  We can
create those threads directly and simplify things a little.  Some care
must be taken with CPU hotunplug, which has special needs, but that code
seems more robust than it was in the past.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Rusty Russell 2008-07-28 12:16:28 -05:00
parent 5c2aed6225
commit ffdb5976c4
3 changed files with 144 additions and 198 deletions

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@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int __ref take_cpu_down(void *_param)
static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen)
{
int err, nr_calls = 0;
struct task_struct *p;
cpumask_t old_allowed, tmp;
void *hcpu = (void *)(long)cpu;
unsigned long mod = tasks_frozen ? CPU_TASKS_FROZEN : 0;
@ -250,19 +249,15 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen)
cpu_clear(cpu, tmp);
set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &tmp);
p = __stop_machine_run(take_cpu_down, &tcd_param, cpu);
err = __stop_machine_run(take_cpu_down, &tcd_param, cpu);
if (IS_ERR(p) || cpu_online(cpu)) {
if (err || cpu_online(cpu)) {
/* CPU didn't die: tell everyone. Can't complain. */
if (raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_DOWN_FAILED | mod,
hcpu) == NOTIFY_BAD)
BUG();
if (IS_ERR(p)) {
err = PTR_ERR(p);
goto out_allowed;
}
goto out_thread;
goto out_allowed;
}
/* Wait for it to sleep (leaving idle task). */
@ -279,8 +274,6 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen)
check_for_tasks(cpu);
out_thread:
err = kthread_stop(p);
out_allowed:
set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &old_allowed);
out_release: