In the kworker_thread powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(), we can end up
sending an IPI to a cpu going offline. This is a rare corner case
which is fixed using {get/put}_online_cpus(). Along with this fix,
this patch adds changes to do oneshot cpumask_{clear/and} operation.

Suggested-by: Shreyas B Prabhu <shre...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Gautham R Shenoy <e...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.b...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <e...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.ku...@linaro.org>
---
No changes from v6.

Changes form v5:
- Fix the kbuild-error:
drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c:428:2: error: implicit declaration of
function 'get_online_cpus' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration

 drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c 
b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 53f980b..a271b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
@@ -423,18 +424,19 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct chip *chip = container_of(work, struct chip, throttle);
        unsigned int cpu;
-       cpumask_var_t mask;
+       cpumask_t mask;
 
-       smp_call_function_any(&chip->mask,
+       get_online_cpus();
+       cpumask_and(&mask, &chip->mask, cpu_online_mask);
+       smp_call_function_any(&mask,
                              powernv_cpufreq_throttle_check, NULL, 0);
 
        if (!chip->restore)
-               return;
+               goto out;
 
        chip->restore = false;
-       cpumask_copy(mask, &chip->mask);
-       for_each_cpu_and(cpu, mask, cpu_online_mask) {
-               int index, tcpu;
+       for_each_cpu(cpu, &mask) {
+               int index;
                struct cpufreq_policy policy;
 
                cpufreq_get_policy(&policy, cpu);
@@ -442,9 +444,10 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
                                               policy.cur,
                                               CPUFREQ_RELATION_C, &index);
                powernv_cpufreq_target_index(&policy, index);
-               for_each_cpu(tcpu, policy.cpus)
-                       cpumask_clear_cpu(tcpu, mask);
+               cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy.cpus);
        }
+out:
+       put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 static char throttle_reason[][30] = {
-- 
1.9.3

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