Re: [PATCH v4] x86/tsc: Use topology_max_packages() to get package number

[Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 08:53:11PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29 2024 at 10:12, Feng Tang wrote:
> >  	pr_info("Allowing %u present CPUs plus %u hotplug CPUs\n", assigned, disabled);
> > -	if (topo_info.nr_rejected_cpus)
> > +	if (topo_info.nr_rejected_cpus) {
> >  		pr_info("Rejected CPUs %u\n", topo_info.nr_rejected_cpus);
> > +		if (__max_logical_packages <= 4)
> > +			pr_info("TSC might be buggered due to the rejected CPUs\n");
> 
> I'm not really convinced of the value of this message.
> 
> People who limit their CPUs on the command line or at compile time
> really should know what they are doing. The kernel already tells that
> there are rejected CPUs and that extra TSC info is just annoying and
> confusing noise for people who run that and have a perfectly working TSC
> on a single/dual/quad socket machine.
> 
> I just drop that noise.
 
That makes sense to me, thanks!

Before posting the patch, I discussed this with Rui and we thought the
message was not that necessary and it was kept only in case some user
may want it. 

- Feng

> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx
> 
>