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, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index d7faf8808497..c2747ac2ae43 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static inline void unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 #endif
 
 int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu);
+void notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void cpu_hotplug_init(void);
 extern void cpu_maps_update_begin(void);
 extern void cpu_maps_update_done(void);