cpu/hotplug: Add new {add,remove}_cpu() functions
The new functions use device_{online,offline}() which are userspace safe.
This is in preparation to move cpu_{up, down} kernel users to use a safer
interface that is not racy with userspace.
Suggested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200323135110.30522-2-qais.yousef@arm.com
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 9c706af..069802f 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,18 @@ int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_down);
+int remove_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ lock_device_hotplug();
+ ret = device_offline(get_cpu_device(cpu));
+ unlock_device_hotplug();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_cpu);
+
#else
#define takedown_cpu NULL
#endif /*CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU*/
@@ -1209,6 +1221,18 @@ int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_up);
+int add_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ lock_device_hotplug();
+ ret = device_online(get_cpu_device(cpu));
+ unlock_device_hotplug();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_cpu);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP
static cpumask_var_t frozen_cpus;