linux/arch/x86/xen
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk 26a7999527 xen/smp: Update pv_lock_ops functions before alternative code starts under PVHVM
Before this patch we would patch all of the pv_lock_ops sites
using alternative assembler. Then later in the bootup cycle
change the unlock_kick and lock_spinning to the Xen specific -
without re patching.

That meant that for the core of the kernel we would be running
with the baremetal version of unlock_kick and lock_spinning while
for modules we would have the proper Xen specific slowpaths.

As most of the module uses some API from the core kernel that ended
up with slowpath lockers waiting forever to be kicked (b/c they
would be using the Xen specific slowpath logic). And the
kick never came b/c the unlock path that was taken was the
baremetal one.

On PV we do not have the problem as we initialise before the
alternative code kicks in.

The fix is to make the updating of the pv_lock_ops function
be done before the alternative code starts patching.

Note that this patch fixes issues discovered by commit
f10cd522c5.
("xen: disable PV spinlocks on HVM") wherein it mentioned

   PV spinlocks cannot possibly work with the current code because they are
   enabled after pvops patching has already been done, and because PV
   spinlocks use a different data structure than native spinlocks so we
   cannot switch between them dynamically.

The first problem is solved by this patch.

The second problem has been solved by commit
816434ec4a
(Merge branch 'x86-spinlocks-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip)

P.S.
There is still the commit 70dd4998cb
(xen/spinlock: Disable IRQ spinlock (PV) allocation on PVHVM) to
revert but that can be done later after all other bugs have been
fixed.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
2013-09-09 12:06:31 -04:00
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apic.c xen/apic/xenbus/swiotlb/pcifront/grant/tmem: Make functions or variables static. 2012-08-21 14:50:03 -04:00
debugfs.c debugfs: Add support to print u32 array in debugfs 2012-04-17 00:18:36 -04:00
debugfs.h debugfs: Add support to print u32 array in debugfs 2012-04-17 00:18:36 -04:00
enlighten.c xen/spinlock: Fix locking path engaging too soon under PVHVM. 2013-09-09 12:06:16 -04:00
grant-table.c Merge commit 'v3.2-rc3' into stable/for-linus-3.3 2011-12-20 17:01:18 -05:00
irq.c x86/xen: disable premption when enabling local irqs 2013-08-20 10:02:03 -04:00
Kconfig x86: Make Linux guest support optional 2013-03-04 13:14:25 -08:00
Makefile xen/x86: Implement x86_apic_ops 2012-05-01 14:50:33 -04:00
mmu.c Merge branch 'x86-kaslr-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:37:24 -07:00
mmu.h xen: make a pile of mmu pvop functions static 2011-05-20 14:25:24 -07:00
multicalls.c xen/multicall: move *idx fields to start of mc_buffer 2011-07-18 15:43:46 -07:00
multicalls.h xen: use this_cpu_xxx replace percpu_xxx funcs 2012-01-24 12:20:24 -05:00
p2m.c xen/p2m: Don't call get_balloon_scratch_page() twice, keep interrupts disabled for multicalls 2013-09-09 10:50:52 +00:00
pci-swiotlb-xen.c Merge branch 'stable/late-swiotlb.v3.3' into stable/for-linus-3.7 2012-09-22 20:01:24 -04:00
platform-pci-unplug.c xen/apic/xenbus/swiotlb/pcifront/grant/tmem: Make functions or variables static. 2012-08-21 14:50:03 -04:00
setup.c Linux 3.11-rc7 2013-09-09 12:05:37 -04:00
smp.c xen/smp: Update pv_lock_ops functions before alternative code starts under PVHVM 2013-09-09 12:06:31 -04:00
smp.h xen: Clean up apic ipi interface 2013-05-29 09:04:21 -04:00
spinlock.c xen/spinlock: We don't need the old structure anymore 2013-09-09 12:06:24 -04:00
suspend.c Revert "xen PVonHVM: use E820_Reserved area for shared_info" 2013-02-14 21:29:31 -05:00
time.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-07-06 14:09:38 -07:00
trace.c xen/trace: Fix compile error when CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST is not set 2011-08-05 09:43:02 -04:00
vdso.h
vga.c xen/vga: add the xen EFI video mode support 2012-09-24 09:28:57 -04:00
xen-asm_32.S x86/xen: don't assume %ds is usable in xen_iret for 32-bit PVOPS. 2013-02-13 15:40:30 -05:00
xen-asm_64.S xen: use iret for return from 64b kernel to 32b usermode 2009-12-03 11:14:54 -08:00
xen-asm.h
xen-asm.S xen: correctly check for pending events when restoring irq flags 2012-04-27 16:04:21 -04:00
xen-head.S xen/perf: Define .glob for the different hypercalls. 2012-07-30 14:27:48 -04:00
xen-ops.h x86: delete __cpuinit usage from all x86 files 2013-07-14 19:36:56 -04:00