linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/acpi: Prevent LAPIC id 0xff from being accounted

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Message-ID: <CAE9FiQVTV1chp1tGPswCdmnmRk_TXUChq4S42sMOm=__-+tMNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Oct 2016 22:34:15 -0700
From:   Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:     Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/acpi: Prevent LAPIC id 0xff from being accounted

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:28 AM, tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> index 32a7d70..6d35baf 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> @@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ acpi_parse_lapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
>>>
>>>         acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
>>>
>>> +       if (processor->id >= 0xff)
>>> +               return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>>         /*
>>>          * We need to register disabled CPU as well to permit
>>>          * counting disabled CPUs. This allows us to size
>>
>>
>> some thing is wrong:
>>
>> [   71.787437] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0xff] lapic_id[0xff] disabled)
>> [   71.799681] ACPI: Error parsing LAPIC/X2APIC entries
>> [   71.809934] ACPI: Invalid BIOS MADT, disabling ACPI
>>
>> looks like should change
>>    return -EINVAL ;
>> ==>
>>    return 0;
>
> also processor->id is u8,
>
> so the patch should be:

+       if (processor->id == 0xff)
+               return 0;
+