linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: minor fix in apic ipi interface func

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:25:05 +0800
From:	Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Feng Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>, ben@...hro.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: minor fix in apic ipi interface func


On 2013-04-10 03:20, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 06:51:09PM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>> xen_send_IPI_mask_allbutself uses native vector as input other than xen_vector.
> Ouch. But it looks as the only user of the .send_IPI_mask_allbutself
> is just xen_send_IPI_allbutself? Or is there another user of this?
It looks __default_local_send_IPI_allbutself called 
apic->send_IPI_mask_allbutself.

In set_xen_basic_apic_ops, apic->send_IPI_mask_allbutself = 
xen_send_IPI_mask_allbutself.
apic->send_IPI_mask_allbutself use native vector as input like other funcs.

> Is there a particular bug that was found with this?
No, just looking at code and see the error.

zduan
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