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, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 4410f172b8ab..7b59cfb7e602 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ asmlinkage __cpuinit void start_secondary(void)
         cpu = smp_processor_id();
         cpu_data[cpu].udelay_val = loops_per_jiffy;
 
+        notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
+
         mp_ops->smp_finish();
         set_cpu_sibling_map(cpu);