The x2apic_preenabled flag is just a horrible hack and if X2APIC support is disabled it does not reflect the actual hardware state. Check the hardware instead. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 2 -- arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h +++ tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static inline u64 native_x2apic_icr_read extern int x2apic_mode; extern int x2apic_phys; -extern int x2apic_preenabled; extern void check_x2apic(void); extern void enable_x2apic(void); static inline int x2apic_enabled(void) @@ -209,7 +208,6 @@ static inline void x2apic_force_phys(voi } #define x2apic_mode (0) -#define x2apic_preenabled (0) #define x2apic_supported() (0) #endif Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c +++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ static bool nox2apic __initdata; #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC int x2apic_mode; /* x2apic enabled before OS handover */ -int x2apic_preenabled; +static int x2apic_preenabled; static int x2apic_disabled; static int __init setup_nox2apic(char *str) { @@ -1569,6 +1569,8 @@ void enable_x2apic(void) wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, msr | X2APIC_ENABLE); } } +#else +#define x2apic_preenabled (0) #endif /* CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */ static int __init try_to_enable_IR(void) Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c +++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c @@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static inline void __init check_timer(vo } local_irq_disable(); apic_printk(APIC_QUIET, KERN_INFO "..... failed :(.\n"); - if (x2apic_preenabled) + if (apic_is_x2apic_enabled()) apic_printk(APIC_QUIET, KERN_INFO "Perhaps problem with the pre-enabled x2apic mode\n" "Try booting with x2apic and interrupt-remapping disabled in the bios.\n"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/