[PATCH v2 3/3] xen/arm: don't try to re-register vcpu_info on cpu_hotplug.

Julien Grall julien.grall at citrix.com
Fri Oct 16 09:49:35 PDT 2015


Hi Stefano,

On 16/10/15 17:35, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 6c09cc4..b193811 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ static void xen_percpu_init(void)
>  	int err;
>  	int cpu = get_cpu();
>  
> +	/* 
> +	 * VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info cannot be called twice for the same
> +	 * vcpu, so if vcpu_info is already registered, just get out. This
> +	 * can happen with cpu-hotplug.
> +	 */
> +	if (per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) != NULL) {
> +		put_cpu();
> +		return;
> +	}


Not really related to this patch. By side effect this patch is also not
calling irq_percpu_enable.

Looking around, all the caller of irq_percpu_enable will call
irq_percpu_disable when the CPU is dying. Is there any side effect to
not doing this?

Regards,


> +
>  	pr_info("Xen: initializing cpu%d\n", cpu);
>  	vcpup = per_cpu_ptr(xen_vcpu_info, cpu);
>  
> 


-- 
Julien Grall



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