[PATCH 3/3] xen/arm: don't try to re-register vcpu_info on cpu_hotplug.

[Julien Grall]

Hi Stefano,

On 14/10/2015 18:49, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c |    6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 6c09cc4..59f5421 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ static void xen_percpu_init(void)
>   	int err;
>   	int cpu = get_cpu();
>
> +	/* vcpu_info already registered, can happen with cpu-hotplug */

Can you please add more comment and explain in the commit message why 
this is necessary for cpu-hotplug?

I had to look at the x86 code to fully understand that it's not possible 
to call VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info twice because there is no hypercall to 
remove the vcpu shared page.


> +	if (per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) != NULL) {
> +		put_cpu();
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>   	pr_info("Xen: initializing cpu%d\n", cpu);
>   	vcpup = per_cpu_ptr(xen_vcpu_info, cpu);
>
>

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall