linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] xen/smp/pvhvm: Don't initialize IRQ

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Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:09:06 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] xen/smp/pvhvm: Don't initialize IRQ_WORKER as we are using the native one.

There is no need to use the PV version of the IRQ_WORKER mechanism
as under PVHVM we are using the native version. The native
version is using the SMP API.

They just sit around unused:

  69:          0          0  xen-percpu-ipi       irqwork0
  83:          0          0  xen-percpu-ipi       irqwork1

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/smp.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
index 22c800a..415694c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ static int xen_smp_intr_init(unsigned int cpu)
 		goto fail;
 	per_cpu(xen_callfuncsingle_irq, cpu) = rc;
 
+	/*
+	 * The IRQ worker on PVHVM goes through the native path and uses the
+	 * IPI mechanism.
+	 */
+	if (xen_hvm_domain())
+		return 0;
+
 	callfunc_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "irqwork%d", cpu);
 	rc = bind_ipi_to_irqhandler(XEN_IRQ_WORK_VECTOR,
 				    cpu,
@@ -167,6 +174,9 @@ static int xen_smp_intr_init(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (per_cpu(xen_callfuncsingle_irq, cpu) >= 0)
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_callfuncsingle_irq, cpu),
 				       NULL);
+	if (xen_hvm_domain())
+		return rc;
+
 	if (per_cpu(xen_irq_work, cpu) >= 0)
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_irq_work, cpu), NULL);
 
@@ -661,7 +671,8 @@ static void xen_hvm_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_callfunc_irq, cpu), NULL);
 	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_debug_irq, cpu), NULL);
 	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_callfuncsingle_irq, cpu), NULL);
-	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_irq_work, cpu), NULL);
+	if (!xen_hvm_domain())
+		unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(xen_irq_work, cpu), NULL);
 	xen_uninit_lock_cpu(cpu);
 	xen_teardown_timer(cpu);
 	native_cpu_die(cpu);
-- 
1.8.1.4

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