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The core DLPAR code supports two actions (add and remove) and three subtypes of action: * By DRC index: the action is attempted on a single specified resource. This is the usual case for processors. * By indexed count: the action is attempted on a range of resources beginning at the specified index. This is implemented only by the memory DLPAR code. * By count: the lower layer (CPU or memory) is responsible for locating the specified number of resources to which the action can be applied. I cannot find any evidence of the "by count" subtype being used by drmgr or qemu for processors. And when I try to exercise this code, the add case does not work: $ ppc64_cpu --smt ; nproc SMT=8 24 $ printf "cpu remove count 2" > /sys/kernel/dlpar $ nproc 8 $ printf "cpu add count 2" > /sys/kernel/dlpar -bash: printf: write error: Invalid argument $ dmesg | tail -2 pseries-hotplug-cpu: Failed to find enough CPUs (1 of 2) to add dlpar: Could not handle DLPAR request "cpu add count 2" $ nproc 8 $ drmgr -c cpu -a -q 2 # this uses the by-index method Validating CPU DLPAR capability...yes. CPU 1 CPU 17 $ nproc 24 This is because find_drc_info_cpus_to_add() does not increment drc_index appropriately during its search. This is not hard to fix. But the _by_count() functions also have the property that they attempt to roll back all prior operations if the entire request cannot be satisfied, even though the rollback itself can encounter errors. It's not possible to provide transaction-like behavior at this level, and it's undesirable to have code that can only pretend to do that. Any users of these functions cannot know what the state of the system is in the error case. And the error paths are, to my knowledge, impossible to test without adding custom error injection code. Summary: * This code has not worked reliably since its introduction. * There is no evidence that it is used. * It contains questionable rollback behaviors in error paths which are difficult to test. So let's remove it. Fixes: |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.