Re: [Hotplug_sig] [patch 1/1] Hot plug CPU to support physical add of new processors (i386)

[Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>]

Protasevich, Natalie wrote:
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > > +	if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
> > > +#else
> > >  	if (cpu_online(cpu) || !cpu_present(cpu)) {
> > > +#endif
> > >  		ret = -EINVAL;
> > >  		goto out;
> > >  	}
> > 
> > Why this change?  I think the cpu_present check is needed for 
> > ppc64 since it has non-present cpus in sysfs.
> > 
> 
> The new processor was never brought up, its bit is only set in
> cpu_possible_map, but not in present map. 

If a cpu is physically present and is capable of being onlined it
should be marked in cpu_present_map, please.  This change would break
ppc64; can you rework it?
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