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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_hmi.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_hmi.c
index e3f738eb1cac..1ec50c69678b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_hmi.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_hmi.c
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
* Hypervisor Maintenance Interrupt (HMI) handling.
*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.
- *
* Copyright 2015 IBM Corporation
* Author: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
*/
@@ -24,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <asm/paca.h>
#include <asm/hmi.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
void wait_for_subcore_guest_exit(void)
{
@@ -31,10 +20,15 @@ void wait_for_subcore_guest_exit(void)
/*
* NULL bitmap pointer indicates that KVM module hasn't
- * been loaded yet and hence no guests are running.
+ * been loaded yet and hence no guests are running, or running
+ * on POWER9 or newer CPU.
+ *
* If no KVM is in use, no need to co-ordinate among threads
* as all of them will always be in host and no one is going
* to modify TB other than the opal hmi handler.
+ *
+ * POWER9 and newer don't need this synchronisation.
+ *
* Hence, just return from here.
*/
if (!local_paca->sibling_subcore_state)