ia64 start secondary cpus: what's the first line where interruptscan arrive?

From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Sun Sep 07 2008 - 05:13:55 EST


Hi,

For my rcu implementation, I try to figure out how the boot process for secondary cpus works.

arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c contains the following code:
static void __cpuinit
smp_callin (void)
{
[snip]
per_cpu(cpu_state, cpuid) = CPU_ONLINE;
spin_unlock(&vector_lock);
ipi_call_unlock_irq();
<<<<<
<<<<< ipi_call_unlock_irq() does local_irq_enable()
<<<<<
smp_setup_percpu_timer();

ia64_mca_cmc_vector_setup(); /* Setup vector on AP */

#ifdef CONFIG_PERFMON
pfm_init_percpu();
#endif

local_irq_enable();
<<<<<
<<<<< Another local_irq_enable().
<<<<<
Which of these two local_irq_enable()'s is the right one?

And: IMHO it's unclean to abuse ipi_call_unlock_irq() to enable the local interrupts.
What about the attached patch? Untested due to lack of test hardware.

--
Manfred
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
index 03f1a99..f4868d2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -396,14 +396,17 @@ smp_callin (void)

fix_b0_for_bsp();

- ipi_call_lock_irq();
+ ipi_call_lock();
spin_lock(&vector_lock);
/* Setup the per cpu irq handling data structures */
__setup_vector_irq(cpuid);
cpu_set(cpuid, cpu_online_map);
per_cpu(cpu_state, cpuid) = CPU_ONLINE;
spin_unlock(&vector_lock);
- ipi_call_unlock_irq();
+ ipi_call_unlock();
+
+ /* begin processing interrupts */
+ local_irq_enable();

smp_setup_percpu_timer();

@@ -413,8 +416,6 @@ smp_callin (void)
pfm_init_percpu();
#endif

- local_irq_enable();
-
if (!(sal_platform_features & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_DRIFT)) {
/*
* Synchronize the ITC with the BP. Need to do this after irqs are