linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 34/38] x86/cpu/amd; Invoke detect_extended_topology

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Date:   Fri, 05 May 2023 14:45:28 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
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        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [patch V2 34/38] x86/cpu/amd; Invoke
 detect_extended_topology_early() on boot CPU

On Fri, May 05 2023 at 00:04, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 04/05/2023 8:02 pm, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>>
>> The early detection stores the extended topology leaf number which is
>> required for parallel hotplug.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> It occurs to me that this and the previous patch are stale given that we
> no longer look at CPUID in the trampoline.
>
> They're probably useful changes in isolation, but the commit messages
> want adjusting to remove the association with parallel boot.

Duh. Indeed. Completely forgot about that.