2017-11-29 22:01-0800, Wanpeng Li: > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c > @@ -498,6 +498,34 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void) > update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault); > } > > +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, __pv_tlb_mask); > + > +static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask, > + const struct flush_tlb_info *info) > +{ > + u8 state; > + int cpu; > + struct kvm_steal_time *src; > + struct cpumask *flushmask = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(__pv_tlb_mask); > + > + cpumask_copy(flushmask, cpumask); Is it impossible to call this function before the allocation? I was guessing that early_initcall might allow us to avoid a (static) condition as there is no point in calling when there are no others, but expected the worst ... thanks.