Re: [PATCH 3/6] INIT: Limit the number of per cpu calibration bootup messages

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 11/16/2009 01:45 PM, Mike Travis wrote:
> 
> 
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> --- linux.orig/init/calibrate.c
>>> +++ linux/init/calibrate.c
>>> @@ -123,23 +123,26 @@
>>>  {
>>>  	unsigned long ticks, loopbit;
>>>  	int lps_precision = LPS_PREC;
>>> +	bool boot_cpu = (smp_processor_id() == 0);
>>
>> this code is shared by other architectures too - are you sure 
>> smp_processor_id()==0 is a proper 'I am the boot CPU' assumption 
>> everywhere?
>>
>> 	Ingo
> 
> This was where having the boot_cpu_id would have been handy.
> 
> I could add something like:
> 
> --- linux.orig/init/main.c
> +++ linux/init/main.c
> @@ -539,13 +539,15 @@
>   *     Activate the first processor.
>   */
> 
> +int boot_cpu_id __read_mostly;
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
>  static void __init boot_cpu_init(void)
>  {
> -       int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> +       int boot_cpu_id = smp_processor_id();
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         /* Mark the boot cpu "present", "online" etc for SMP and UP case */

Doesn't really work, does it?

I also still think that wrapping it in an inline would be good.

	-hpa