linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86: under bios control, restore AP's APIC

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Date:	Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:25:28 +0800
From:	Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86: under bios control, restore AP's APIC_LVTTHMR
	to the BSP value

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:08:44AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Changes since v2:
> > Incorporate Ingo's comments to get BSP's thermal init value in a
> > 'boot-CPU-only' function.
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > index e09f0e2..2323771 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> > @@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> >  
> >  	init_apic_mappings();
> >  	ioapic_init_mappings();
> > +	get_bsp_lvtthmr_init();
> >  
> >  	/* need to wait for io_apic is mapped */
> >  	probe_nr_irqs_gsi();
> 
> Ok - it's almost good in this form - it would be nice to name the new 
> function something more generic, like mcheck_intel_therm_init(), and 
> call it from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c's mcheck_init() function.
> 

I just checked that arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c's mcheck_init()
will not only run on BSP but also on APs. I put get_bsp_lvtthmr_init()
right behind init_apic_mappings() because init_apic_mappings() will
setup the fixmap for LAPIC so that I can call apic_read from inside
get_bsp_lvtthmr_init().

I can rename get_bsp_lvtthmr_init() to mcheck_intel_therm_init() to make
it more generic as we might add more stuff into it in the future.

Thanks for your comments.
-Yong
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