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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: thuth@redhat.com, borntraeger@de.ibm.com,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, cohuck@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 4/9] s390x: smp: Rework cpu start and active tracking
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:53:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <66fde098-e238-e590-a9c5-44c552e1a32b@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22cbcc9d-1d32-a5c9-4f3f-7892e28bc705@linux.ibm.com>

> Well, I have restarts in the smp test and I don't want to always pass a
> psw if I know what the last restart psw was.
> Simply restarting into test_func or wait_for_flag is certainly no problem.
> 
>>

Makes sense.

>>> +	rc = sigp(addr, SIGP_RESTART, 0, NULL);
>>> +	if (rc)
>>> +		return rc;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * The order has been accepted, but the actual restart may not
>>> +	 * have been performed yet, so wait until the cpu is running.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	while (!smp_cpu_running(addr))
>>> +		mb();
>>
>> Should you make sure to stop the CPU before issuing the restart?
>> Otherwise you will get false positives if it is still running (but
>> hasn't processed the RESTART yet)
> 
> Good point
> 


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb


  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-20 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-17 10:46 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 0/9] s390x: smp: Improve smp code and reset checks Janosch Frank
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 1/9] s390x: smp: Cleanup smp.c Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 12:02   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 2/9] s390x: smp: Only use smp_cpu_setup once Janosch Frank
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 3/9] s390x: Add cpu id to interrupt error prints Janosch Frank
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 4/9] s390x: smp: Rework cpu start and active tracking Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 12:06   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-20 13:16     ` Thomas Huth
2020-01-20 13:20       ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-20 14:47     ` Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 14:53       ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 5/9] s390x: smp: Wait for cpu setup to finish Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 11:04   ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-20 12:07   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 6/9] s390x: smp: Loop if secondary cpu returns into cpu setup again Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 11:27   ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-20 12:07     ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 7/9] s390x: smp: Remove unneeded cpu loops Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 11:29   ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-20 14:41     ` Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 16:11       ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-21 12:46         ` Janosch Frank
2020-01-21 12:59           ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-21 13:07             ` Janosch Frank
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 8/9] s390x: smp: Test all CRs on initial reset Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 11:44   ` Cornelia Huck
2020-01-20 12:10   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-20 14:49     ` Janosch Frank
2020-01-20 14:53       ` David Hildenbrand
2020-01-17 10:46 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 9/9] s390x: smp: Dirty fpc before initial reset test Janosch Frank

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