From 6213f70e7c10fd4a01b65bad3826648fc78df8a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:02:48 +0000 Subject: ARM: smp: remove arch-provided "pen_release" Consolidating the "pen_release" stuff amongst the various SoC implementations gives credence to having a CPU holding pen for secondary CPUs. However, this is far from the truth. Many SoC implementations cargo-cult copied various bits of the pen release implementation from the initial Realview/Versatile Express implementation without understanding what it was or why it existed. The reason it existed is because these are _development_ platforms, and some board firmware is unable to individually control the startup of secondary CPUs. Moreover, they do not have a way to power down or reset secondary CPUs for hot-unplug. Hence, the pen_release implementation was designed for ARM Ltd's development platforms to provide a working implementation, even though it is very far from what is required. It was decided a while back to reduce the duplication by consolidating the "pen_release" variable, but this only made the situation worse - we have ended up with several implementations that read this variable but do not write it - again, showing the cargo-cult mentality at work, lack of proper review of new code, and in some cases a lack of testing. While it would be preferable to remove pen_release entirely from the kernel, this is not possible without help from the SoC maintainers, which seems to be lacking. However, I want to remove pen_release from arch code to remove the credence that having it gives. This patch removes pen_release from the arch code entirely, adding private per-SoC definitions for it instead, and explicitly stating that write_pen_release() is cargo-cult copied and should not be copied any further. Rename write_pen_release() in a similar fashion as well. Signed-off-by: Russell King --- arch/arm/kernel/smp.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel') diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c index 3bf82232b1be..051b0e8e7d30 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c @@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ */ struct secondary_data secondary_data; -/* - * control for which core is the next to come out of the secondary - * boot "holding pen" - */ -volatile int pen_release = -1; - enum ipi_msg_type { IPI_WAKEUP, IPI_TIMER, -- cgit v1.2.3