linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/2] x86, apic: Introduce boot_cpu_is_bsp indicating whether boot cpu is BSP or not

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:35:23 +0900
From:	HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	len.brown@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/2] x86,
 apic: Introduce boot_cpu_is_bsp indicating whether boot cpu is BSP or
 not

Part of boot-up code assumes booting CPU is BSP, but kexec can enter
the 2nd kernel with AP. To be able to distinguish these throughout
kernel processing, introduce boot_cpu_is_bsp.

Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>
---

 arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h |    3 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c   |   13 +++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c       |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
index 3e2f42a..d56f253 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
@@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ extern int mp_bus_id_to_type[MAX_MP_BUSSES];
 extern DECLARE_BITMAP(mp_bus_not_pci, MAX_MP_BUSSES);
 
 extern unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid;
+extern bool boot_cpu_is_bsp;
 extern unsigned int max_physical_apicid;
 extern int mpc_default_type;
 extern unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
 
+extern void boot_cpu_is_bsp_init(void);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 extern int smp_found_config;
 #else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index b17416e..d8d69e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ unsigned disabled_cpus __cpuinitdata;
 /* Processor that is doing the boot up */
 unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
 
+/* Indicates whether the processor that is doing the boot up, is BSP
+ * processor or not */
+bool boot_cpu_is_bsp;
+
 /*
  * The highest APIC ID seen during enumeration.
  */
@@ -2515,3 +2519,12 @@ static int __init lapic_insert_resource(void)
  * that is using request_resource
  */
 late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);
+
+void boot_cpu_is_bsp_init(void)
+{
+	u32 l, h;
+
+	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, l, h);
+
+	boot_cpu_is_bsp = (l & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP) ? true : false;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index a2bb18e..6ecb9bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	early_quirks();
 
+	boot_cpu_is_bsp_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * Read APIC and some other early information from ACPI tables.
 	 */

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