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>

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
index 69596402a500..446767e8f569 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ void __init smp4d_callin(void)
         local_flush_cache_all();
         local_flush_tlb_all();
 
+        notify_cpu_starting(cpuid);
         /*
          * Unblock the master CPU _only_ when the scheduler state
          * of all secondary CPUs will be up-to-date, so after
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
index a14a76ac7f36..9964890dc1db 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ void __cpuinit smp4m_callin(void)
         local_flush_cache_all();
         local_flush_tlb_all();
 
+        notify_cpu_starting(cpuid);
+
         /* Get our local ticker going. */
         smp_setup_percpu_timer();