Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 01/12] x86/smp: Make start_secondary() and initial_pg_pmd visible globally

2016-01-26 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:30:26AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > initial_pg_pmd (together with initial_page_table) are not really required > --- I just used them for temporary page tables in the hvmlite startup code > instead of allocating dedicated pages for that. Perhaps there is other > (Xen-s

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 01/12] x86/smp: Make start_secondary() and initial_pg_pmd visible globally

2016-01-25 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 01/25/2016 05:53 AM, David Vrabel wrote: On 22/01/16 21:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: Xen's HVMlite guests will want to use them. Please explain in detail why they are needed. Actually, start_secondary is not needed anymore, I removed its use at some point. initial_pg_pmd (together with

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 01/12] x86/smp: Make start_secondary() and initial_pg_pmd visible globally

2016-01-25 Thread David Vrabel
On 22/01/16 21:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > Xen's HVMlite guests will want to use them. Please explain in detail why they are needed. David ___ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 01/12] x86/smp: Make start_secondary() and initial_pg_pmd visible globally

2016-01-22 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
Xen's HVMlite guests will want to use them. Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky --- arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h |1 + arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S |2 +- arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c |2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/x86/inc