Re: [Help Test] kdump, x86, acpi: Reproduce CPU0 SMI corruption issue after unsetting BSP flag

Eric W. Biederman
2013-08-19T03:00:46Z

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>Sorry Eric, I'm not clear to what you mean by ``short one core''...
>Which are you suggesting? Disabling BSP if crash happens on AP is
>reasonable?
>Or restricting cpus to a single one only just as the current kdump
>configuration is reasonable?

I am suggesting we start every cpu except the BSP from the AP we started on.

N-1 cpus seems like a good tradeoff between performance and reliability for those who need it.

Eric