linux-kernel - Re: [patch v3 35/36] x86/smpboot: Support parallel startup of secondary CPUs

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2023 15:57:49 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [patch v3 35/36] x86/smpboot: Support parallel startup of
 secondary CPUs

On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 09:44:23PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> +	/*  APIC ID not found in the table. Drop the trampoline lock and bail. */
> +	movq	trampoline_lock(%rip), %rax

Again:

	movl	$0, (%rax)

is sufficient for unlock.

> +	lock
> +	btrl	$0, (%rax)