Without this delay, Xen could not bring APs up while working with TXT/tboot, because tboot need some time in APs to handle INIT before becoming ready for receiving SIPIs.(this delay was removed as part of c/s 23724 by Tim Deegan)
Signed-off-by: Gang Wei <gang....@intel.com> Acked-by: Keir Fraser <k...@xen.org> Acked-by: Tim Deegan <tim.dee...@citrix.com> diff -r d1aefee43af1 xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c --- a/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c Wed Dec 21 18:51:31 2011 +0800 +++ b/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c Fri Dec 23 11:01:10 2011 +0800 @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ #include <asm/msr.h> #include <asm/mtrr.h> #include <asm/time.h> +#include <asm/tboot.h> #include <mach_apic.h> #include <mach_wakecpu.h> #include <smpboot_hooks.h> @@ -463,6 +464,18 @@ send_status = apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY; } while ( send_status && (timeout++ < 1000) ); } + else if ( tboot_in_measured_env() ) + { + /* + * With tboot AP is actually spinning in a mini-guest before + * receiving INIT. Upon receiving INIT ipi, AP need time to VMExit, + * update VMCS to tracking SIPIs and VMResume. + * + * While AP is in root mode handling the INIT the CPU will drop + * any SIPIs + */ + udelay(10); + } /* * Should we send STARTUP IPIs ?
delay-btw-init-and-sipi.patch
Description: delay-btw-init-and-sipi.patch
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