linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/smpboot: Make logical package management more robust

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1612092359550.3612@nanos>
Date:   Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:30 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Charles (Chas) Williams" <ciwillia@...cade.com>,
        "M. Vefa Bicakci" <m.v.b@...box.com>,
        Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/smpboot: Make logical package management more
 robust

On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 12/09/2016 05:06 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >
> > Boris, can you please verify if that makes the
> > topology_update_package_map() call which you placed into the Xen cpu
> > starting code obsolete ?
> 
> Will do. I did test your patch but without removing
> topology_update_package_map() call. It complained about package IDs
> being wrong, but that's expected until I fix Xen part.

That should not longer be the case as I changed the approach to that
management thing.

Thanks,

	tglx