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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
To: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Jörg Otte" <jrg.otte@gmail.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"ACPI Devel Maling List" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel 3.13.0-06058-g2d08cd0] Strange ACPI error messages
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:59:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4387759.ffnsEjDaad@vostro.rjw.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9739501.rBu7tJQIYj@vostro.rjw.lan>

On Saturday, January 25, 2014 02:53:24 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Saturday, January 25, 2014 11:03:09 AM Jörg Otte wrote:
> > Kernel 3.13.0-06058-g2d08cd0 displays following errors on the console:
> > 
> > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU4: failed to get CPU APIC ID.
> > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU5: failed to get CPU APIC ID.
> > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU6: failed to get CPU APIC ID.
> > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU7: failed to get CPU APIC ID.
> > 
> > I don't have CPUs 4..7! Error messages regarding not existing
> > CPUs should not be displayed.
> > kernel 3.13.0-05617-g3aacd62 and before did'nt show this messages.
> > 
> > This is a regression. I never saw this messages before.
> 
> Does your system show any other suspicious symptoms or are you worried about
> those messages only?

Gerry, this is your commit b981513f806d (ACPI / scan: bail out early if failed
to parse APIC ID for CPU).  Apparently, the BIOS has room for 4 CPUs more than
there actually are in the system.  Maybe we can reduce the log level of those
messages to avoid ringing bells unnecessarily?

Rafael

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-25 13:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-25 10:03 [kernel 3.13.0-06058-g2d08cd0] Strange ACPI error messages Jörg Otte
2014-01-25 13:53 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-01-25 13:59   ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2014-01-25 16:18     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2014-01-25 22:31       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-01-26  9:31         ` Jiang Liu
2014-01-25 16:32   ` Jörg Otte
2014-01-25 22:29     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-01-27  6:34 ` [PATCH] ACPI: reduce log level for message "ACPI: \_PR_.CPU4: failed to get CPU APIC ID" Jiang Liu
2014-01-27  9:19   ` Jörg Otte
2014-01-28  0:18   ` David Rientjes
2014-01-28  0:28     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-01-28  1:20       ` Jiang Liu

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