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Hi folks, Here is the result of the latest work on the pvops front, after the x86 arch merge. From the functionality point of view, almost nothing was changed, except for proper vsmp support - which was discussed, but not implemented before - and the introduction of smp_ops in x86_64, which eased the merging of the smp header. Speaking of the merge, a significant part (although not majority) of

Hi folks, Here is the result of the latest work on the pvops front, after the x86 arch merge. From the functionality point of view, almost nothing was changed, except for proper vsmp support - which was discussed, but not implemented before - and the introduction of smp_ops in x86_64, which eased the merging of the smp header. Speaking of the merge, a significant part (although not majority) of

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com> Changes since last posting: (Raghavendra K T) [ - Rebased to linux-3.3-rc6. - used function+enum in place of macro (better type checking) - use cmpxchg while resetting zero status for possible race [suggested by Dave Hansen for KVM patches ] ] This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com> Changes since last posting: (Raghavendra K T) [ - Rebased to linux-3.3-rc6. - used function+enum in place of macro (better type checking) - use cmpxchg while resetting zero status for possible race [suggested by Dave Hansen for KVM patches ] ] This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com> This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. (targeted for 3.5 window) Changes in V7: - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc3 - Added jumplabel split patch (originally from Andrew Jones rebased to 3.4-rc3 - jumplabel changes from Ingo and Jason taken and now using

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com> This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. (targeted for 3.5 window) Changes in V7: - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc3 - Added jumplabel split patch (originally from Andrew Jones rebased to 3.4-rc3 - jumplabel changes from Ingo and Jason taken and now using

The current paravirt startup_ipi hook for vmware commit: ae5da273fe3352febd38658d8d34484cbcfb3423 is quite frankly ridiculous. In the middle of wake_up_secondary_cpu: We have: /* * Paravirt / VMI wants a startup IPI hook here to set up the * target processor state. */ startup_ipi_hook(phys_apicid, (unsigned long) start_secondary, (unsigned

The current paravirt startup_ipi hook for vmware commit: ae5da273fe3352febd38658d8d34484cbcfb3423 is quite frankly ridiculous. In the middle of wake_up_secondary_cpu: We have: /* * Paravirt / VMI wants a startup IPI hook here to set up the * target processor state. */ startup_ipi_hook(phys_apicid, (unsigned long) start_secondary, (unsigned

This adds an smp_ops for voyager, and hooks things up appropriately. This is the first baby-step to making subarch runtime switchable. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> --- arch/i386/kernel/Makefile | 1 arch/i386/kernel/smp.c

This adds an smp_ops for voyager, and hooks things up appropriately. This is the first baby-step to making subarch runtime switchable. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> --- arch/i386/kernel/Makefile | 1 arch/i386/kernel/smp.c

This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. The series provides implementation for both Xen and KVM.(targeted for 3.5 window) Note: This needs debugfs changes patch that should be in Xen / linux-next https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/30/687 Changes in V8: - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc4 - Combined the KVM changes with ticketlock

This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. The series provides implementation for both Xen and KVM.(targeted for 3.5 window) Note: This needs debugfs changes patch that should be in Xen / linux-next https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/30/687 Changes in V8: - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc4 - Combined the KVM changes with ticketlock

Add a smp_ops interface. This abstracts the API defined by <linux/smp.h> for use within arch/i386. The primary intent is that it be used by a paravirtualizing hypervisor to implement SMP, but it could also be used by non-APIC-using sub-architectures. This is related to CONFIG_PARAVIRT, but is implemented unconditionally since it is simpler that way and not a highly performance-sensitive

Add a smp_ops interface. This abstracts the API defined by <linux/smp.h> for use within arch/i386. The primary intent is that it be used by a paravirtualizing hypervisor to implement SMP, but it could also be used by non-APIC-using sub-architectures. This is related to CONFIG_PARAVIRT, but is implemented unconditionally since it is simpler that way and not a highly performance-sensitive

kernel use callback linked in panic_notifier_list to notice others when panic happens. NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...){ ... atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf); } When xen aware this, it will call xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_crash) to send out an event with reason code - SHUTDOWN_crash. xen_panic_handler_init() is defined to register on panic_notifier_list but

kernel use callback linked in panic_notifier_list to notice others when panic happens. NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...){ ... atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf); } When xen aware this, it will call xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_crash) to send out an event with reason code - SHUTDOWN_crash. xen_panic_handler_init() is defined to register on panic_notifier_list but

kernel use callback linked in panic_notifier_list to notice others when panic happens. NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...){ ... atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf); } When xen aware this, it will call xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_crash) to send out an event with reason code - SHUTDOWN_crash. xen_panic_handler_init() is defined to register on panic_notifier_list but

Hi, I''m having some problems with getting the latest linux kernel and xen build working on ARM''s Fast Model simulator ( Cortex A15 ). I tried a lot of different configurations and I''m having trouble with all of them. I got all my information from the wiki pages at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARMv7_with_Virtualization_Extensions#Building_Xen_on_ARM . I was hoping

On 03/16/2015 09:16 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Implement the paravirt qspinlock for x86-kvm. > > We use the regular paravirt call patching to switch between: > > native_queue_spin_lock_slowpath() __pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath() > native_queue_spin_unlock() __pv_queue_spin_unlock() > > We use a callee saved call for the unlock function which reduces the > i-cache

On 03/16/2015 09:16 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Implement the paravirt qspinlock for x86-kvm. > > We use the regular paravirt call patching to switch between: > > native_queue_spin_lock_slowpath() __pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath() > native_queue_spin_unlock() __pv_queue_spin_unlock() > > We use a callee saved call for the unlock function which reduces the > i-cache