linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3.2 3/3] x86, AMD: Move BSP code to cpu

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Date:	Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:07:40 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"Przywara, Andre" <Andre.Przywara@....com>,
	"Pohlack, Martin" <Martin.Pohlack@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3.2 3/3] x86, AMD: Move BSP code to cpu_dev helper

On 08/05/2011 11:04 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Move code which is run once on the BSP during boot into the cpu_dev
> helper.
> +static void __cpuinit bsp_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> +{
> +	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)) {
> +

You can't use static_cpu_has() here, since this code runs before
alternatives -- it will always be false.  Furthermore, for code that
only runs once, it is never a win to do patching.

Arguably bsp_init should be __init and not __cpuinit, but I don't know
how to make that work with the machinery, and is something that can be
fixed anyway.

	-hpa

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