linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/5] x86, x2apic: allow "nox2apic" to disable x2apic mode setup by bios

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Date:	Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:01:29 -0800
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"flyboy@...il.com" <flyboy@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] x86, x2apic: allow "nox2apic" to disable x2apic
 mode setup by bios

On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 23:24 -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Suresh Siddha
> <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > @@ -1453,12 +1462,17 @@ static void disable_x2apic(void)
> >        if (msr & X2APIC_ENABLE) {
> >                u32 x2apic_id = read_apic_id();
> >
> > -               if (x2apic_id > 255)
> > -                       panic("Can not disable x2apic, id: %08x\n", x2apic_id);
> > +               if (x2apic_id >= 255)
> > +                       panic("Cannot disable x2apic, id: %08x\n", x2apic_id);
> 
> can not be applied cleanly.
> 
> update it a little bit.
> 
> need to use attached one to replace 4/5.
> 

Thanks Yinghai. updated patch look good.

Ingo, can you please queue this series to -tip?

thanks,
suresh

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