linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 01/11] xen: set cpu capabilities from xen_start

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:31:09 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Cc:     boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/11] xen: set cpu capabilities from xen_start_kernel()

There is no need to set the same capabilities for each cpu
individually. This can easily be done for all cpus when starting the
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index b226f67fb741..6dc922e3848a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ static void __init xen_init_cpuid_mask(void)
 		cpuid_leaf1_ecx_set_mask = (1 << (X86_FEATURE_MWAIT % 32));
 }
 
+static void __init xen_init_capabilities(void)
+{
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
+	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XENPV);
+}
+
 static void xen_set_debugreg(int reg, unsigned long val)
 {
 	HYPERVISOR_set_debugreg(reg, val);
@@ -1318,6 +1324,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 
 	xen_init_irq_ops();
 	xen_init_cpuid_mask();
+	xen_init_capabilities();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	/*
@@ -1506,16 +1513,9 @@ static uint32_t __init xen_platform_pv(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void xen_set_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
-	clear_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
-	set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_XENPV);
-}
-
 const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_pv = {
 	.name                   = "Xen PV",
 	.detect                 = xen_platform_pv,
-	.set_cpu_features       = xen_set_cpu_features,
 	.pin_vcpu               = xen_pin_vcpu,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_hyper_xen_pv);
-- 
2.12.0