MIPS: CPS: Handle cores not powering down more gracefully
authorPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Fri, 2 Jun 2017 21:48:54 +0000 (14:48 -0700)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:42:28 +0000 (02:42 +0200)
commit4ad755c9e39c0eeae16f96b97602f1954f582c66
treea6770d2f6964e0aaa36c80ac55b4bce2eb6faf78
parent5570ba2ee920de4e7760a2802b842771845b2c32
MIPS: CPS: Handle cores not powering down more gracefully

If we get into a state where a core that ought to power down isn't doing
so then the current result is that another CPU gets stuck inside
cps_cpu_die() waiting for CPU that ought to be powering down to do so.
The best case scenario is that we then trigger RCU stall messages or
lockup messages, but neither makes it particularly clear what's
happening.

Handle this more gracefully by introducing a timeout beyond which we
warn the user that the core didn't power down & stop waiting for it.
This at least allows the CPU running cps_cpu_die() to continue normally,
and hopefully presuming the CPU that powered back up is doing nothing
harmful the system will continue functioning as normal.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16197/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c