[PATCH] leds: trigger: cpu: use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() for large CPU counts
Paul Sherman <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:16:06 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-leds,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
ledtrig_cpu_init() uses cpuhp_setup_state() which invokes the startup callback on every already-online CPU at registration time. On systems with large CPU counts this serializes callbacks across all online CPUs, causing boot delays proportional to the number of CPUs. On a 64-hart RISC-V system this caused ledtrig_cpu_init() to consume ~250 seconds at boot. The same pathology affects any system using cpuhp_setup_state() where one CPU is slow to acknowledge. Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() instead, which skips callbacks for already-online CPUs at registration time. The trigger operates correctly for future hotplug events regardless. Tested-on: Milk-V Pioneer (SG2042, 64-hart RISC-V) Cc: Thierry Reding <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul Sherman <[email protected]> --- drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c index 679323c2ccda0..ce75d5f54684c 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-cpu.c @@ -163,7 +163,15 @@ static int __init ledtrig_cpu_init(void) register_syscore(&ledtrig_cpu_syscore); - ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "leds/trigger:starting", + /* + * Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() to avoid invoking ledtrig_online_cpu() + * on every already-online CPU at registration time. On systems with large + * CPU counts (e.g. 64-hart RISC-V) cpuhp_setup_state() would serialize + * callbacks across all online CPUs, causing multi-hundred-second delays + * during boot. The trigger operates correctly for future hotplug events + * regardless. + */ + ret = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "leds/trigger:starting", ledtrig_online_cpu, ledtrig_prepare_down_cpu); if (ret < 0) pr_err("CPU hotplug notifier for ledtrig-cpu could not be registered: %d\n", -- 2.53.0