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

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> 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?
>
OK, that has to be reworked then. That's what probably Shaohua meant
when mentioned that cpu_present_map has to be cleaned up... 
Thanks,
--Natalie
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