linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/14] [VOYAGER] x86: make disabling the apics functional instead of a flag

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:44:27 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/14] [VOYAGER] x86: make disabling the apics
	functional instead of a flag

[Cyrill Gorcunov - Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 09:09:42PM +0400]
...
| | diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
| | index f9e830e..aa96dbe 100644
| | --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
| | +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
| | @@ -1539,6 +1539,9 @@ void __init early_init_lapic_mapping(void)
| |   */
| |  void __init init_apic_mappings(void)
| |  {
| | +	if (disable_apic)
| | +		return;
| | +
| 
| No, we shouldn't do that without additional
| code review (otherwise we will loose mapping for fake apic page).
| And I suspect we get NULL deref on reboot procedure
| if kernel was compiled _with_ SMP support but APIC disabled
| by kernel option. hmm, can't find this reference in LKML.
| I was telling Ingo about my suspicious on smp operations
| when APIC is disabled by option and we're safe _only_ 'cause
| we have fake mapping page reserved. For example call of
| smp_send_stop() in kernel/panic.c if kernel was compiled _with_ SMP
| support and then APIC disabled by kernel option.
| 
| |  	if (x2apic) {
| |  		boot_cpu_physical_apicid = read_apic_id();
| |  		return;
...

Ah, I found that link -- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/12/139
I've promised to take a look, unfortunately out of time now.
Maybe a bit later.

       Cyrill
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