linux-kernel - Re: [External] [PATCH v2 0/5] x86-64: Remove global variables from boot

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Message-ID: <CAMzpN2ixYTKQaNoizkeNBrHQH_2SN9OMexnK9t3oVMDDCMwbOA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:47:33 -0500
From:   Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [External] [PATCH v2 0/5] x86-64: Remove global variables from boot

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 5:20 AM David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2023-02-24 at 16:38 -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > Removing the globals before the parallel boot series, would be the
> > best option IMO.  That would make the transition simpler.
>
> Looks like this:
>
> https://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux.git/shortlog/refs/heads/parallel-6.2-rc8-brfirst
>
> Passes basic smoke testing in qemu, including suspend to RAM and
> offlining CPU0.

Looks good, thanks.

--
Brian Gerst