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#!/bin/bash

echo "Beginning CPU Offlining Test" 1>&2

result=0
cpu_count=0

# Turn CPU cores off
for cpu_num in `ls /sys/devices/system/cpu | grep -o cpu[0-9]*`; do
    if [ -f /sys/devices/system/cpu/$cpu_num/online ]; then
        if [ "$cpu_num" != "cpu0" ]; then
            ((cpu_count++))
            echo "Offlining $cpu_num" 1>&2
            echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/$cpu_num/online

            grep -w -i -q $cpu_num /proc/interrupts
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "ERROR: Failed to offline $cpu_num" 1>&2
                result=1
            fi
        fi
    fi
done

# Back on again
for cpu_num in `ls /sys/devices/system/cpu | grep -o cpu[0-9]*`; do
    if [ -f /sys/devices/system/cpu/$cpu_num/online ]; then
        if [ "$cpu_num" != "cpu0" ]; then        
            echo "Onlining $cpu_num" 1>&2
            echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/$cpu_num/online
            grep -w -i -q $cpu_num /proc/interrupts
            if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
                echo "ERROR: Failed to online $cpu_num" 1>&2
                result=1
            fi
        fi
    fi
done

if [ $result -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Successfully turned $cpu_count cores off and back on"
else
    echo "Error with offlining one or more cores." 1>&2
fi

exit $result