linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] Parallel CPU bringup for x86

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Message-ID: <f71275dc809cfb32df513023786c3faa@natalenko.name>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:46:04 +0100
From:   Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
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        Piotr Gorski <piotrgorski@...hyos.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] Parallel CPU bringup for x86_64

On 21.02.2023 11:27, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On 21 February 2023 09:49:51 GMT, Oleksandr Natalenko 
> <oleksandr@...alenko.name> wrote:
>> On 21.02.2023 10:06, David Woodhouse wrote:
>>> Why does arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c::x86_acpi_suspend_lowlevel() 
>>> set
>>> 
>>>     initial_gs = per_cpu_offset(smp_processor_id()) ?
>>> 
>>> Would it not be CPU#0 that comes back up, and should it not get
>>> per_cpu_offset(0) ?
>> 
>> Wanna me try `initial_gs = per_cpu_offset(0);` too?
> 
> Hm, yes please. There's another one to make zero on the next line up, I 
> think?

So,

```
early_gdt_descr.address = (unsigned long)get_cpu_gdt_rw(0);
initial_gs = per_cpu_offset(0);
```

?

Should I leave `smpboot_control = 0;` commented out, or I should 
uncomment it back?

-- 
   Oleksandr Natalenko (post-factum)