linux-kernel - Re: [patch V3 01/40] cpu/SMT: Make SMT control more robust against enumeration failures

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Date:   Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:01:50 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 01/40] cpu/SMT: Make SMT control more robust against
 enumeration failures

On Fri, Aug 04 2023 at 19:50, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 12:20:59PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>  kernel/cpu.c |    6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
>> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
>> @@ -630,6 +630,12 @@ static inline bool cpu_smt_allowed(unsig
>
> As discussed on IRC, the name and what the function does is kinda
> conflicting.
>
> What it actually queries is whether the CPU can be booted. So something
> like this ontop I guess:

No objections from my side.