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RE: [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyper-V: Allocate the IDT entry early in boot

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Gleixner [mailto:tglx@linutronix.de]
> Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 2:40 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de;
> apw@canonical.com; jasowang@redhat.com; hpa@zytor.com;
> mingo@kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyper-V: Allocate the IDT entry early in boot
> 
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> > Allocate the hypervisor callback IDT entry early in the boot sequence.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > index 3b3f713e15e5..236324e83a3a 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > @@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ void hyperv_vector_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  void hv_setup_vmbus_irq(void (*handler)(void))
> >  {
> >  	vmbus_handler = handler;
> > -	/* Setup the IDT for hypervisor callback */
> > -	alloc_intr_gate(HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR,
> hyperv_callback_vector);
> >  }
> >
> >  void hv_remove_vmbus_irq(void)
> > @@ -251,6 +249,8 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
> >  	 */
> >  	x86_platform.apic_post_init = hyperv_init;
> >  	hyperv_setup_mmu_ops();
> > +	/* Setup the IDT for hypervisor callback */
> > +	alloc_intr_gate(HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR,
> hyperv_callback_vector);
> >  #endif
> >  }
> 
> Nice. So we can make all of that gate/idt stuff __init now.
> 
> That makes my previous fix obsolete, right?

Yes.

K. Y
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 

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[PATCH 1/1] x86/hyper-V: Allocate the IDT entry early in boot  "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> - 2017-09-09 00:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyper-V: Allocate the IDT entry early in boot  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-09-09 11:40 +0200
    RE: [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyper-V: Allocate the IDT entry early in boot  KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2017-09-09 18:00 +0200

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