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powerpc/pseries: Add a warning in the case of cross-cpu VPA registration

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@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Michael Ellerman 12 years ago
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      arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c

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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;