Re: [Patch] continue_hypercall_on_cpu rework using tasklets

[Juergen Gross <juergen.gross@ts.fujitsu.com>]

Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> Juergen Gross <juergen.gross@ts.fujitsu.com> 13.04.10 15:19 >>>
>> cpupools are using continue_hypercall_on_cpu, but this function is defined for
>> x86 only, not for ia64. I see 2 possible solutions:
>>
>> 1. make continue_hypercall_on_cpu available on ia64, too
>> 2. make cpupools a pure x86 feature
> 
> Is there anything meaningful in the new code that's really x86-specific
> (i.e. can't the whole code chunk be moved to xen/common/)?

My main concern is the difference in the handling of schedule_tail. I just
can't tell how to change the ia64 variant to make it work correctly.

The other x86-specific part is the setting of the return register, but this
is rather easy doable by using an architecture specific macro.


Juergen

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