kernel/cpu.c: create a CPU_STARTING cpu_chain notifier

Right now, there is no notifier that is called on a new cpu, before the new
cpu begins processing interrupts/softirqs.
Various kernel function would need that notification, e.g. kvm works around
by calling smp_call_function_single(), rcu polls cpu_online_map.

The patch adds a CPU_STARTING notification. It also adds a helper function
that sends the message to all cpu_chain handlers.

Tested on x86-64.
All other archs are untested. Especially on sparc, I'm not sure if I got
it right.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index f17e985..dc45f24 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -453,6 +453,25 @@ out:
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP */
 
+/**
+ * notify_cpu_starting(cpu) - call the CPU_STARTING notifiers
+ * @cpu: cpu that just started
+ *
+ * This function calls the cpu_chain notifiers with CPU_STARTING.
+ * It must be called by the arch code on the new cpu, before the new cpu
+ * enables interrupts and before the "boot" cpu returns from __cpu_up().
+ */
+void notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long val = CPU_STARTING;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP
+	if (cpu_isset(cpu, frozen_cpus))
+		val = CPU_STARTING_FROZEN;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP */
+	raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, val, (void *)(long)cpu);
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 /*