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authorChandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>2006-07-30 12:03:36 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-07-31 22:28:39 +0200
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parent[PATCH] cpu hotplug: replace __devinit* with __cpuinit* for cpu notifications (diff)
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[PATCH] cpu hotplug: fix hotplug cpu documentation for proper usage
Update hotplug cpu documentation to clearly state when to use register_cpu_notifier() and register_hotcpu_notifier. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -251,16 +251,24 @@ A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications.
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
- static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer =
+ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata foobar_cpu_notifer =
{
.notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback,
};
+You need to call register_cpu_notifier() from your init function.
+Init functions could be of two types:
+1. early init (init function called when only the boot processor is online).
+2. late init (init function called _after_ all the CPUs are online).
-In your init function,
+For the first case, you should add the following to your init function
register_cpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
+For the second case, you should add the following to your init function
+
+ register_hotcpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
+
You can fail PREPARE notifiers if something doesn't work to prepare resources.
This will stop the activity and send a following CANCELED event back.