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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: clear IO_APIC before enabing apic error vector. v2
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 01:18:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080101231832.GI27566@does.not.exist> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86802c440712301703w1929ae9fue5bf937bf7f4e005@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 05:03:50PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2007 4:28 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 04:01:39PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>...
> > > the old one is in x86-mm tree
> > >
> > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git;a=commitdiff;h=ffcbdc220a1520d006a837f33589c7c19ffbeb76
> > >...
> >
> > Sorry for the dumb question, but what in
> >
> > +       if (!smp_processor_id() && !skip_ioapic_setup && nr_ioapics)
> > +               enable_IO_APIC();
> >
> > guarantees that this call doesn't happen when you hotplug CPU 0 ?
> >
> 
> if CPU 0 (BSP) can be hotplug, it will be restarted via smp_callin.
> and the delta function call patch will use setup_local_APIC(NULL),
> then it will be safe.

We are talking about the version without the pointer games.

> YH

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-01 23:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-30  3:52 [PATCH] x86_64: clear IO_APIC before enabing apic error vector. v2 Yinghai Lu
2007-12-30 14:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 20:48   ` Yinghai Lu
2007-12-30 22:06     ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-30 22:42       ` Yinghai Lu
2007-12-30 23:23         ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31  0:01           ` Yinghai Lu
2007-12-31  0:28             ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31  0:56               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-01-01 23:17                 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-31  1:03               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-01-01 23:18                 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-12-30 21:30   ` [PATCH] x86_64: fix section warning about enable_IO_APIC and setup_local_APIC Yinghai Lu
2007-12-30 21:29     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-30 21:53       ` Yinghai Lu

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