[PATCH 2/6] powerpc/pseries: Add a warning in the case of cross-cpu VPA registration

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Thu Aug 15 15:22:15 EST 2013


The spec says it "may be problematic" if CPU x registers the VPA of
CPU y. Add a warning in case we ever do that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index 8bad880..73d6c1b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ void vpa_init(int cpu)
 	struct paca_struct *pp;
 	struct dtl_entry *dtl;
 
+	/*
+	 * The spec says it "may be problematic" if CPU x registers the VPA of
+	 * CPU y. We should never do that, but wail if we ever do.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(cpu != smp_processor_id());
+
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
 		lppaca_of(cpu).vmxregs_in_use = 1;
 
-- 
1.8.1.2



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