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Andrew Jones authored
x86 has two smp functions on_cpu() and on_cpu_async(). These are nice because we can run them more than once on cpus. This patch adds the same API to ARM, but the target cpu requirements are not the same. While on x86 the interrupt controller must be enabled enough to send/receive IPIs and the target cpu must have interrupts enabled (or be expected to enable them), on ARM we do not use IPIs, so the GIC does not need to be enabled and cpus do not need to register irq handlers nor enable interrupts. Instead, target cpus are expected to be powered off or idle. The advantage of the ARM approach is the lack of interrupt handling dependencies. The disadvantage is the lack of preemption - even on_cpu_async() must wait for the target cpu to be idle first. Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20170601135002.26704-3-drjones@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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