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Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:32:12 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/bsp-hotplug] x86, hotplug:
  The first online processor saves the MTRR state

Commit-ID:  e7c6d2368362461d1c9e5d58bedbed9c3862b607
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e7c6d2368362461d1c9e5d58bedbed9c3862b607
Author:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:32:48 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:39:55 -0800

x86, hotplug: The first online processor saves the MTRR state

Ask the first online CPU to save mtrr instead of asking BSP. BSP could be
offline when mtrr_save_state() is called.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1352835171-3958-12-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index 6b96110..e4c1a41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -695,11 +695,16 @@ void mtrr_ap_init(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * Save current fixed-range MTRR state of the BSP
+ * Save current fixed-range MTRR state of the first cpu in cpu_online_mask.
  */
 void mtrr_save_state(void)
 {
-	smp_call_function_single(0, mtrr_save_fixed_ranges, NULL, 1);
+	int first_cpu;
+
+	get_online_cpus();
+	first_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
+	smp_call_function_single(first_cpu, mtrr_save_fixed_ranges, NULL, 1);
+	put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 void set_mtrr_aps_delayed_init(void)
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