linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: remove stray preempt

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Message-ID: <df9f93ae-a833-8bf0-9df6-91cf2c4e007b@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Sep 2021 10:21:20 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: remove stray preempt_disable() from PV AP startup
 code


On 8/25/21 7:31 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> In cpu_bringup() there is a call of preempt_disable() without a paired
> preempt_enable(). This is not needed as interrupts are off initially.
> Additionally this will result in early boot messages like:
>
> BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/1/0/0x00000002
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>