Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2023 23:22:04 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] x86/acpi/boot: Do not register processors that cannot be onlined for x2apic |
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 06:09:59PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 5:11 AM Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com> wrote: > > > > Section 5.2.12.12 Processor Local x2APIC Structure in the ACPI v6.5 > > spec mandates that both "enabled" and "online capable" Local APIC Flags > > should be used to determine if the processor is usable or not. > > > > However, Linux doesn't use the "online capable" flag for x2APIC to > > determine if the processor is usable. As a result, cpu_possible_mask has > > incorrect value and results in more memory getting allocated for per_cpu > > variables than it is going to be used. > > > > Make sure Linux parses both "enabled" and "online capable" flags for > > x2APIC to correctly determine if the processor is usable. > > > > Fixes: aa06e20f1be6 ("x86/ACPI: Don't add CPUs that are not online capable") > > Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> > > Reported-by: Leo Duran <leo.duran@amd.com> > > Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com> > > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Are you saying, I should take it through tip?
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