linux-kernel - Re: [patch 25/53] x86/acpi: Use new APIC registration functions

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Message-ID: <874jlavozv.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:41:40 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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>,
        Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
        K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 25/53] x86/acpi: Use new APIC registration functions

On Mon, Aug 07 2023 at 17:27, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> +static __init void acpi_register_lapic(u32 apic_id, u32 acpi_id, bool present)
>
> just stating on the record what I said during review last week: whoever
> caused these APIC and ACPI names to go together was a sadist.
>
> Same 4 letters but permuted differently :-/ this is so very hard to keep
> straight.

Good thing that the kernel has no use for Atmospheric Pressure Chemical
Ionization otherwise we'd have APCI right next to it.