linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen/cpuhotplug: Fix initial CPU offlining for PV(H) guests

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Date:   Fri,  8 May 2020 18:28:43 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jgross@...e.com, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xen/cpuhotplug: Fix initial CPU offlining for PV(H) guests

Commit a926f81d2f6c ("xen/cpuhotplug: Replace cpu_up/down() with
device_online/offline()") replaced cpu_down() with device_offline()
call which requires that the CPU has been registered before. This
registration, however, happens later from topology_init() which
is called as subsys_initcall(). setup_vcpu_hotplug_event(), on the
other hand, is invoked earlier, during arch_initcall().

As result, booting a PV(H) guest with vcpus < maxvcpus causes a crash.

Move setup_vcpu_hotplug_event() (and therefore setup_cpu_watcher()) to
late_initcall(). In addition, instead of performing all offlining steps
in setup_cpu_watcher() simply call disable_hotplug_cpu().

Fixes: a926f81d2f6c (xen/cpuhotplug: Replace cpu_up/down() with device_online/offline()"
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
index ec975de..b96b11e 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ static int setup_cpu_watcher(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 	(void)register_xenbus_watch(&cpu_watch);

 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		if (vcpu_online(cpu) == 0) {
-			device_offline(get_cpu_device(cpu));
-			set_cpu_present(cpu, false);
-		}
+		if (vcpu_online(cpu) == 0)
+			disable_hotplug_cpu(cpu);
 	}

 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -119,5 +117,5 @@ static int __init setup_vcpu_hotplug_event(void)
 	return 0;
 }

-arch_initcall(setup_vcpu_hotplug_event);
+late_initcall(setup_vcpu_hotplug_event);

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