pseries/pseries: Add code to online/offline CPUs of a DLPAR node

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Currently the cpu-allocation/deallocation on pSeries is a
two step process from the Userspace.

- Set the indicators and update the device tree by writing to the sysfs
  tunable "probe" during allocation and "release" during deallocation.
- Online / Offline the CPUs of the allocated/would_be_deallocated node by
  writing to the sysfs tunable "online".

This patch adds kernel code to online/offline the CPUs soon_after/just_before
they have been allocated/would_be_deallocated. This way, the userspace tool
that performs DLPAR operations would only have to deal with one set of sysfs
tunables namely "probe" and release".

Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@austin.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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Gautham R Shenoy 2009-11-26 09:58:55 +00:00 • committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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