On Wed, 18 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 02:19:28PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rat...@oracle.com>
> > >
> > > As we do not have yet a mechanism for that.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rat...@oracle.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com>
> >
> > Even though we don't even compile cpu_hotplug on ARM yet, I don't like
> > this change because it affects ARM guests too.
>
> Perhaps then just #ifdef it with CONFIG_X86 for right now?
That or a comment.
> > Please add a note about ARM guests in the FIXME line.
>
> Good idea. Is the offline/online part working in ARM? Or is that it
> has not been tested?
At the moment we are using PSCI only on ARM (that is a firmware
interface that we are "emulating" in the hypervisor), but it is not
exactly the same: PSCI is about enabling secondary cpus or
disabling/suspending cpus. It is not about cpu-hotplug. So one day we
might want both.
> > > drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c | 4 +++-
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > > index cc6513a..cbb02af 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> > >
> > > #include <xen/xen.h>
> > > #include <xen/xenbus.h>
> > > +#include <xen/features.h>
> > >
> > > #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> > > #include <asm/cpu.h>
> > > @@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ static int __init setup_vcpu_hotplug_event(void)
> > > static struct notifier_block xsn_cpu = {
> > > .notifier_call = setup_cpu_watcher };
> > >
> > > - if (!xen_pv_domain())
> > > + /* PVH TBD/FIXME: future work */
> > > + if (!xen_pv_domain() || xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > > return -ENODEV;
> > >
> > > register_xenstore_notifier(&xsn_cpu);
> >
>
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