linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/apic updates for v3.20

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Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:00:52 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/apic updates for v3.20

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org> wrote:
>
> So the condition should rather look like this to keep x2apic disabled
> like before:

Yes, this works for me too.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> index b665d24..770a0bb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> @@ -1580,8 +1580,8 @@ static __init void try_to_enable_x2apic(int remap_mode)
>                  * under KVM
>                  */
>                 if (max_physical_apicid > 255 ||
> -                   (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST) &&
> -                    !hypervisor_x2apic_available())) {
> +                   !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST) &&
> +                     hypervisor_x2apic_available())) {
>                         pr_info("x2apic: IRQ remapping doesn't support X2APIC mode\n");
>                         x2apic_disable();
>                         return;
>
> Another solution would be to just revert 5fcee53ce705. This code is not
> in any fast-path, so we can live well without that optimization.

Jiang, preferences? Revert, or fix like the above?

                     Linus
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