[PATCH 6/8] x86/paravirt: allow preemption with lazy mmu mode

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

Impact: remove obsolete checks, simplification

Lift restrictions on preemption with lazy mmu mode, as it is now allowed.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c |    7 ++++---
 arch/x86/xen/mmu.c         |    8 +-------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
index 35eb353..c59a9d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(enum paravirt_lazy_mode, paravirt_lazy_mode) = PARAVIRT_LA
 static inline void enter_lazy(enum paravirt_lazy_mode mode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(__get_cpu_var(paravirt_lazy_mode) != PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE);
-	BUG_ON(preemptible());
 
 	__get_cpu_var(paravirt_lazy_mode) = mode;
 }
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ static inline void enter_lazy(enum paravirt_lazy_mode mode)
 static void leave_lazy(enum paravirt_lazy_mode mode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(__get_cpu_var(paravirt_lazy_mode) != mode);
-	BUG_ON(preemptible());
 
 	__get_cpu_var(paravirt_lazy_mode) = PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE;
 }
@@ -272,6 +270,8 @@ void paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu(void)
 
 void paravirt_start_context_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 {
+	BUG_ON(preemptible());
+
 	if (percpu_read(paravirt_lazy_mode) == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) {
 		arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
 		set_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(prev), TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES);
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ void paravirt_start_context_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 
 void paravirt_end_context_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 {
+	BUG_ON(preemptible());
+
 	leave_lazy(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
 
 	if (test_and_clear_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(next), TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES))
@@ -300,7 +302,6 @@ void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
 	preempt_disable();
 
 	if (paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) {
-		WARN_ON(preempt_count() == 1);
 		arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
 		arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index aba3b20..e194f72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -419,10 +419,6 @@ void set_pte_mfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long mfn, pgprot_t flags)
 void xen_set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		    pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
 {
-	/* updates to init_mm may be done without lock */
-	if (mm == &init_mm)
-		preempt_disable();
-
 	ADD_STATS(set_pte_at, 1);
 //	ADD_STATS(set_pte_at_pinned, xen_page_pinned(ptep));
 	ADD_STATS(set_pte_at_current, mm == current->mm);
@@ -443,9 +439,7 @@ void xen_set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 	xen_set_pte(ptep, pteval);
 
-out:
-	if (mm == &init_mm)
-		preempt_enable();
+out:	return;
 }
 
 pte_t xen_ptep_modify_prot_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
-- 
1.6.0.6

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