linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/6] x86/smp: Split sending INIT IPI out into a helper function

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Message-ID: <87fs768htd.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:54:54 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@...sol.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Veen <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 5/6] x86/smp: Split sending INIT IPI out into a helper
 function

On Sun, Jun 04 2023 at 07:02, Mika Penttilä wrote:
> On 3.6.2023 23.07, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * Wake up AP by INIT, INIT, STARTUP sequence.
>> + */
>> +static int wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_init(int phys_apicid, unsigned long start_eip)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long send_status = 0, accept_status = 0;
>> +	int maxlvt, num_starts, j;
>> +
>> +	preempt_disable();
>
> This seems like an unbalanced preempt disable..

Right. I screwed up a rebase completely....