linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv6 16/16] x86/acpi: Add support for CPU offlining for ACPI MADT wakeup method

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:21:30 +0000
From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 16/16] x86/acpi: Add support for CPU offlining for ACPI
 MADT wakeup method

On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 14:55 +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> MADT Multiprocessor Wakeup structure version 1 brings support of CPU
> offlining: BIOS provides a reset vector where the CPU has to jump to
> for offlining itself. The new TEST mailbox command can be used to test
> whether the CPU offlined itself which means the BIOS has control over
> the CPU and can online it again via the ACPI MADT wakeup method.
> 
> Add CPU offling support for the ACPI MADT wakeup method by implementing
> custom cpu_die(), play_dead() and stop_this_cpu() SMP operations.
> 
> CPU offlining makes is possible to hand over secondary CPUs over kexec,
> not limiting the second kernel to a single CPU.
> 
> The change conforms to the approved ACPI spec change proposal. See the
> Link.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/13356251.uLZWGnKmhe@kreacher

FWIW:

Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>

[...]

> +
> +static int __init acpi_mp_setup_reset(u64 reset_vector)
> +{
> +	pgd_t *pgd;
> +	struct x86_mapping_info info = {
> +		.alloc_pgt_page = alloc_pgt_page,
> +		.free_pgt_page	= free_pgt_page,
> +		.page_flag      = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC,
> +		.kernpg_flag    = _KERNPG_TABLE_NOENC,
> +	};

Nit: Reverse Christmas-tree style

[...]

>  
> -#define ACPI_MP_WAKE_COMMAND_WAKEUP    1
> +#define ACPI_MP_WAKE_COMMAND_WAKEUP	1

Nit: Is this change intended?

> +#define ACPI_MP_WAKE_COMMAND_TEST	2
>