Re: [Xen-devel] Workings/effectiveness of the xen-acpi-processor driver

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxx>]

On 05/02/2012 01:14 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 01:06:34PM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> > On 05/02/2012 12:08 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> > > index a8f8844..d816448 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> > > @@ -811,7 +811,29 @@ static void xen_io_delay(void)
> > >   #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
> > >   static u32 xen_apic_read(u32 reg)
> > >   {
> > > -       return 0;
> > > +       struct xen_platform_op op = {
> > > +               .cmd = XENPF_get_cpuinfo,
> > > +               .interface_version = XENPF_INTERFACE_VERSION,
> > > +               .u.pcpu_info.xen_cpuid = 0,
> >
> > Is this always zero? This will probably solve the current problem
> Its a CPU number (not tied in to APIC or ACPI IDs).
Why not use CPU number instead of zero here?

> > but I am wondering whether in the future we might hit another bug
> > because this routine will return the same APICID for all VCPUs.
>   Later on it does a check for 'smp_processor_id()' - and if
> that is anything but zero it will bail out.
Can you point me to the check you are referring to?

-boris


> So this shoudl solve the problem for the bootup processor.
> > -boris
> >
> >
> > > +       };
> > > +       int ret = 0;
> > > +
> > > +       /* Shouldn't need this as APIC is turned off for PV, and we only
> > > +        * get called on the bootup processor. But just in case. */
> > > +       if (!xen_initial_domain() || smp_processor_id())
> > > +               return 0;
> > > +
> > > +       if (reg == APIC_LVR)
> > > +               return 0x10;
> > > +
> > > +       if (reg != APIC_ID)
> > > +               return 0;
> > > +
> > > +       ret = HYPERVISOR_dom0_op(&op);
> > > +       if (ret)
> > > +               return 0;
> > > +
> > > +       return op.u.pcpu_info.apic_id;
> > >   }
> > >
> > >   static void xen_apic_write(u32 reg, u32 val)


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