linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/16] x86/mce/amd: Simplify DFR handler setup

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:47:59 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc: robert.richter@....com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com, x86@...nel.org,
	Avadhut.Naik@....com, John.Allen@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/16] x86/mce/amd: Simplify DFR handler setup

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:25:02AM -0400, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> Yep, "MCA init cleanup" is another thing on my TODO list.

Right, so looking at the code, early_identify_cpu()/identify_boot_cpu()
could call a

mca_bsp_init()

or so which does the once, vendor-agnostic setup.

identify_cpu->mcheck_cpu_init()

already does both the BSP and AP per-CPU init.

With such a split, I think we'll have all the proper places to do setup
at the right time without hackery.

> The BSP still completely finishes init before the APs, correct?

Yes.

> I recall some effort to make CPU init more parallel, but I haven't
> been following it.

I think you mean parallel hotplug but that's for the APs only.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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