linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI/SRAT: fix SRAT order parsing when both LAPIC and X2APIC present

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Message-Id: <1461230940-5037-1-git-send-email-lukasz.anaczkowski@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:28:59 +0200
From:	Lukasz Anaczkowski <lukasz.anaczkowski@...el.com>
To:	rjw@...ysocki.net, len.brown@...el.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	lukasz.anaczkowski@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI/SRAT: fix SRAT order parsing when both LAPIC and X2APIC present

From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@...ysocki.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 2:08 AM
> The changelog describes the problem (good), but it doesn't say anything
> about the mitigation (not good).  You should say something about what the
> patch does to address the issue, like "To address that problem, do X".

Thanks, Rafael. Sending v2 of the patch with extended commit message.

> Looking at the code, the idea is to check each entry against both LAPIC and
> X2APIC in table order so as to cause them to be mapped in that order too, right?

Yes, that is correct.

Thanks,
Lukasz