[PATCH] ppc64: tweaks to ppc64 cpu sysfs information
Currently the ppc64 sysfs code registers an entry for each possible cpu in sysfs, rather than just online cpus. That makes sense, since the sysfs entries are needed to control onlining of the cpus. However, this is done even if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set, or if it is not a hotplug capable (DLPAR) machine, which is a bit misleading. Secondly it also registers all the other sysfs entries (mostly performance monitoring controls) on all possible cpus, although they are quite meaningless on non-online cpus. This patch alters the code to only register sysfs directories at boot for cpus which are either online or could be onlined (cpu is possible, and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU and an lpar machine). Furthermore, the entries apart from 'online' itself and 'physical_id' are only registered for online CPUs (and deregistered again if a cpu goes offline). Currently the ppc64 sysfs code registers an entry for each possible cpu in sysfs, rather than just online cpus. That makes sense, since the sysfs entries are needed to control onlining of the cpus. However, this is done even if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set, or if it is not a hotplug capable (DLPAR) machine, which is a bit misleading. Secondly it also registers all the other sysfs entries (mostly performance monitoring controls) on all possible cpus, although they are quite meaningless on non-online cpus. This patch alters the code to only register sysfs directories at boot for cpus which are either online or could be onlined (cpu is possible, and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU and an lpar machine). Furthermore, the entries apart from 'online' itself and 'physical_id' are only registered for online CPUs (and deregistered again if a cpu goes offline). Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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