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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: gic-v3: Bail out if gicv3_cpu_init fail



On Wed, 6 Dec 2017, Julien Grall wrote:
> From: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
> 
> When system registers are not enabled, all the access to them will trap
                                             ^ accesses


> in EL2. In Xen, system registers will be enabled by gicv3_cpu_init only
> on success. As the rest of the code (e.g gicv3_hyp_init) relies on
> system register, it is better to bail out directly.
> 
> This will save time on debugging early boot issue on GICv3 platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is good:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


Do we also want to print a warning or an error message?



> ---
> 
> This makes easier to debug early boot issue on GICv3 platform. It would
> be worth considering to backport it.
> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c b/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
> index 473e26111f..a0d290b55c 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
> @@ -847,8 +847,12 @@ static int gicv3_secondary_cpu_init(void)
>      spin_lock(&gicv3.lock);
>  
>      res = gicv3_cpu_init();
> +    if ( res )
> +        goto out;
> +
>      gicv3_hyp_init();
>  
> +out:
>      spin_unlock(&gicv3.lock);
>  
>      return res;
> @@ -1705,8 +1709,12 @@ static int __init gicv3_init(void)
>          panic("GICv3: ITS: initialization failed: %d\n", res);
>  
>      res = gicv3_cpu_init();
> +    if ( res )
> +        goto out;
> +
>      gicv3_hyp_init();
>  
> +out:
>      spin_unlock(&gicv3.lock);
>  
>      return res;
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 

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