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2013 Jun 03
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[PATCH] xen/smp: Fixup NOHZ per cpu data when onlining an offline CPU.
...s up calling xen_play_dead wherin it calls the VCPUOP_down hypercall which offlines the vCPU. However, when the vCPU is onlined back, it resumes execution right after VCPUOP_down hypercall. That was OK (albeit the API for play_dead assumes that the CPU stays dead and never returns) but with commit 4b0c0f294 (tick: Cleanup NOHZ per cpu data on cpu down) that is no longer safe as said commit resets the ts->inidle which at the start of the cpu_idle loop was set. The net effect is that we get this warn: Broke affinity for irq 16 installing Xen timer for CPU 1 cpu 1 spinlock event irq 48 ------------[...