linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] xen/arm: SMP support

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Message-ID: <1366972256.3142.60.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:30:56 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC:	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] xen/arm: SMP support

On Fri, 2013-04-26 at 11:27 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 19:45 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > > > > @@ -216,6 +245,8 @@ static int __init xen_guest_init(void)
> > > > > > >  	 * is required to use VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info to place vcpu info
> > > > > > >  	 * for secondary CPUs as they are brought up. */
> > > > > > >  	per_cpu(xen_vcpu, 0) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[0];
> > > > > > > +	for_each_online_cpu(i)
> > > > > > > +		xen_secondary_init(i);
> > > > > > >  
> > > > > > >  	gnttab_init();
> > > > > > >  	if (!xen_initial_domain())
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > @@ -244,7 +280,7 @@ static int __init xen_init_events(void)
> > > > > > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > > > > > >  	}
> > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > -	enable_percpu_irq(xen_events_irq, 0);
> > > > > > > +	on_each_cpu(xen_percpu_enable_events, NULL, 0);
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It feels like there ought to be some sort of per-cpu bringup callback
> > > > > > which takes care of these dynamically. Maybe that doesn't matter until
> > > > > > we get vcpu hotplug going?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I suspect there isn't one, considering that on_each_cpu is also used by 
> > > > > kvm_vgic_hyp_init, kvm_timer_hyp_init and others.
> > > > 
> > > > Could we use cpu_notifiers for this?
> > > 
> > > cpu_notifiers are for cpu hotplug, not for secondary cpu bringup
> > 
> > Are you sure they don't also trigger during bringup, because the
> > distinction is a little bit academic...
> 
> My mistake, they do run on secondary cpus, but not in our case because
> xen_guest_init is called *after* cpu_notifiers are called.
> So, they are too early for Xen.

Another reason to consider calling xen_guest_init much earlier then
IMHO. although we can live with the solution you have now I suppose.

Ian.

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