linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: Add comment for missing FROZEN notifier transitions

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Date:	Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:21:45 +0100
From:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@....com>
To:	Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, rt@...utronix.de,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, sstabellini@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: Add comment for missing FROZEN notifier
 transitions

(CC Stefano new e-mail address)

Hello Anna-Maria,

On 04/04/2016 13:32, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> Xen guests do not offline/online CPUs during suspend/resume and
> therefore FROZEN notifier transitions are not required. Add this
> explanation as a comment in the code to get not confused why
> CPU_TASKS_FROZEN masked transitions are not considered.
>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
> ---
>   arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c         |    6 ++++++
>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c         |    7 +++++++
>   drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c |    6 ++++++
>   3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ static int xen_cpu_notification(struct n
>   				unsigned long action,
>   				void *hcpu)
>   {
> +	/*
> +	 * Xen guests do not offline/online CPUs during
> +	 * suspend/resume, thus CPU_TASKS_FROZEN masked transitions
> +	 * are not considered.
> +	 */
> +
>   	switch (action) {
>   	case CPU_STARTING:
>   		xen_percpu_init();
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -1788,6 +1788,13 @@ static int xen_hvm_cpu_notify(struct not
>   			      void *hcpu)
>   {
>   	int cpu = (long)hcpu;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Xen guests do not offline/online CPUs during
> +	 * suspend/resume, thus CPU_TASKS_FROZEN masked transitions
> +	 * are not considered.
> +	 */
> +
>   	switch (action) {
>   	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
>   		xen_vcpu_setup(cpu);
> --- a/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c
> @@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ static int evtchn_fifo_cpu_notification(
>   	int cpu = (long)hcpu;
>   	int ret = 0;
>
> +	/*
> +	 * Xen guests do not offline/online CPUs during
> +	 * suspend/resume, thus CPU_TASKS_FROZEN masked transitions
> +	 * are not considered.
> +	*/

NIT: The '*' is not aligned with the others.

> +
>   	switch (action) {
>   	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
>   		if (!per_cpu(cpu_control_block, cpu))
>

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall