Re: [PATCH 3/4] xen/smp/pvhvm: Don't point per_cpu(xen_vpcu, 33 andlarger) to shared_info

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Mon May 06 2013 - 11:00:29 EST


On Mon, 6 May 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> As it will point to some data, but not event channel data (the
> shared_info has an array limited to 32).
>
> This means that for PVHVM guests with more than 32 VCPUs without
> the usage of VCPUOP_register_info any interrupts to VCPUs
> larger than 32 would have gone unnoticed during early bootup.
>
> That is OK, as during early bootup, in smp_init we end up calling
> the hotplug mechanism (xen_hvm_cpu_notify) which makes the
> VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info call for all VCPUs and we can receive
> interrupts on VCPUs 33 and further.
>
> This is just a cleanup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> index 9b34475..18a4009 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -1638,6 +1638,9 @@ void __ref xen_hvm_init_shared_info(void)
> * online but xen_hvm_init_shared_info is run at resume time too and
> * in that case multiple vcpus might be online. */
> for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> + /* Leave it to be NULL. */
> + if (cpu >= MAX_VIRT_CPUS)
> + continue;
> per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[cpu];
> }
> }
> --
> 1.8.1.4
>
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