linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86, mtrr: avoid MTRR reprogramming on BP during boot on UP platforms

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Date:	Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:05:13 +0100
From:	Markus Kohm <jabber@....org>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, trenn@...ell.com,
	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ell.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86, mtrr: avoid MTRR reprogramming on BP during boot on UP platforms

Suresh Siddha wrote on Thursday 03 February 2011:
>  diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
>  b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c index 01c0f3e..4fe5ebc 100644
>  --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
>  +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
>  @@ -793,13 +793,21 @@ void set_mtrr_aps_delayed_init(void)
>   }
>   
>   /*
>  - * MTRR initialization for all AP's
>  + * Delayed MTRR initialization for all AP's
>    */
>   void mtrr_aps_init(void)
>   {
>          if (!use_intel())
>                  return;
>   
>  +       /*
>  +        * Check if someone has requested the delay of AP MTRR
>  initialization, +        * by doing set_mtrr_aps_delayed_init(), prior to
>  this point. If not, +        * then we are done.
>  +        */
>  +       if (!mtrr_aps_delayed_init)
>  +               return;
>  +
>          set_mtrr(~0U, 0, 0, 0);
>          mtrr_aps_delayed_init = false;
>   }

ACK

I've tested with kernel 2.6.38-rc3. The hard hang regression is fixed.

Thank you very much!
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