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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V4 10/10] jump-label: initialize jump-label s

To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V4 10/10] jump-label: initialize jump-label subsystem much earlier
From: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:59:47 -0400
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Glauber <jang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen Devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:43:48PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 17:08 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Initialize jump_labels much earlier, we can use them.
> 
> We can use them, where? how? what?, that sentence just begs for more.
> 
> > diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> > index 2a9b88a..f4094ed 100644
> > --- a/init/main.c
> > +++ b/init/main.c
> > @@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
> >     acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
> >     sfi_init_late();
> >  
> > +   jump_label_init();
> >     ftrace_init();
> >  
> >     /* Do the rest non-__init'ed, we're now alive */
> 
> Can we push them much earlier still? If possible I'd like them to be
> before sched_init() so that I might use them there, if not possible, at
> the very least before enabling interrupts would be nice.
> 
> 

Yes, earlier still would be good. Also, it still bothers me a bit that
jump_label_inc()/dec() could be called and the branch not updated until
the jump label initialization. I feel like there should be a WARN() for
this case...ie:

jump_label_inc()/dec() {
        if (!jump_label_initialized)
                WARN("calling branch update before subsystem initialization");
}






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