linux-kernel - Re: [BUG]smt sysfs dir missing on 4.4.148 and 4.14.63

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Message-ID: <CAMGffEnrFu3ve6CbqNX9cRKz_MwH-Ch_QU7zGbYiQ7Hpnv6Yrw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:52:41 +0200
From:   Jinpu Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [BUG]smt sysfs dir missing on 4.4.148 and 4.14.63

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 4:47 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Jinpu Wang wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:02 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > > That works, but we might as well force 'select HOTPLUG_CPU if SMP' so the
> > > L1TF mitigations are functional. Sigh....
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >         tglx
> > right, sth like?
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > index b0312f8..5852948 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ config X86
> >         select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
> >         select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
> >         select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
> > -       select HOTPLUG_SMT                      if SMP
> > +       select HOTPLUG_CPU                      if SMP
> > +       select HOTPLUG_SMT                      if SMP && HOTPLUG_CPU
>
> The && HOTPLUG is pretty pointless now.
Hmm, so this way?
+       select HOTPLUG_CPU                      if SMP
+       select HOTPLUG_SMT                      if HOTPLUG_CPU

thanks!
-- 
Jack Wang
Linux Kernel Developer

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